Posts Tagged ‘Democrats’
What’s the Matter with Democrats in the Deep South?
Rhodes Cook of the Wall Street Journal writes this morning on the state of the Democratic party in the Deep South, using Alvin Greene, the Senate candidate who came from nowhere in South Carolina (and appears to have been elected purely because his name was first on the ballot and reminded some voters of the singer Al Green), as well as the failed [...]
A Vision for the Alabama Democratic Party
I had a great lunch yesterday with a friend who is active in the Alabama Democratic Party, as well as my lovely wife and we ended having a great conversation about what we could do to improve the party. Then, this morning I saw some conversation on Brian's site about the lack of vision from the Alabama GOP. It seems like everyone in the state is [...]
TIME: Can Alabama Spark a Democratic Revival in the South?
Can we? Yes we can! The piece focuses entirely on Artur Davis's candidacy and I particularly liked this... The Alabama of 2009 is a far different place from 1963, and from 1994, when an African-American state Supreme Court Justice, Ralph Cook, was advised not to show his image in his election campaign advertisements so as not to draw [...]
Name Alabama Progressives
Mooncat is looking to put together a list of Alabama progressives who have or should run for public office...I think she started off with a pretty good list: Josh Segall Stephen Black Patricia Todd Susan Parker Susan Pace Hamill Commenters have suggested two other names I thought of as well: Merika Coleman James Fields I wish I [...]
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