The World Around You

I wrote yesterday about the social conservatives (led by Dr. James “Goober” Dobson) threatening to abandon ship if Rudy Giuliani is the nominee. And now,

I just got off the phone with a senior conservative consultant who has spent the morning working the phones to social conservative leaders who have pledged not to support a Rudy Giuliani candidacy, should he win the GOP nomination.

According to my source, these conservative leaders have narrowed the field of alternatives.

I’m told that former AL Chief Justice Roy Moore will be the first choice if Rudy is the nominee (there were rumblings about him in ‘04, but he was talked out of it to run for governor).

Yes, Roy may be back, and on the national stage. I couldn’t be more excited!

Of course the blog entry then goes on to say Moore’s name was never mentioned…but we can ignore the facts and get excited about the possibilities right now…it’s just too good to be true, and probably is.

Townhall.com::Blog

UPDATE: CBS went with calling it a “Moore-like candidate” instead of reporting he is being drafted. Good approach.

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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the challenge of an adult store owner to Alabama’s sex toy ban, that was upheld by the State Supreme Court. This means enforcement of the law can now begin.

“My stand has always been I’ll fight until there is no fight left in me, even if I have to fight it from my jail cell,” [storeowner Sherri] Williams said by phone Monday from a lingerie trade show in Las Vegas.

“I have decided to file another challenge,” said Williams, who said this time she would challenge the state ban on First Amendment grounds rather than on issues of sexual privacy.

That may be a stronger case. I still hope she is successful in getting this idiotic law thrown out.

State set to enforce ban on sex toys- al.com

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The prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman will get a national spotlight shined on it during an upcoming House Judiciary Committee hearing.

A spokesman for [Alabama Congressman Artur] Davis, Corey Ealons, said Monday that the congressman is “pleased the committee has decided to pursue the political prosecutions issue with a hearing and he’ll stand by to wait and see what the committee decides to do further.”

Davis, citing a June 30 editorial in the New York Times about Siegelman’s case, agreed that the committee should investigate and wrote Conyers July 6 with the request. He argued that improper political meddling was “not implausible” and that Siegelman’s actions were not criminal.

Rep. Davis is right in that the issue is the discretion granted to prosecutors. The issue is whether or not you believe what Siegelman did was criminal and warranted prosecution. I believe it was criminal and the US Attorney did as well, many others do not. The motivations of the prosecutor should certainly be investigated and aired publicly, but I don’t believe it should change the outcome of the prosecutions.

Siegelman’s case headed for Congress- al.com

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The legislature thought they had it tough the last couple of years when just the general fund budget was tight. Now, it will be tight in both budgets. It’s going to add fuel to an already burning fire of tough politics in the state legislature next session.

The slower growth means “the state may have to dip into reserves” to meet budgeted spending of $6.703 billion from the trust fund this year, assistant state Finance Director Bill Newton said.

Education fund growth slows; general fund flat- al.com

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