Posted on February 22nd, 2011 by Rick Journey
Newly elected Alabama Republican Party chairman Bill Armistead says the greatest challenge facing the state GOP may be “Democrats wanting to jump ship and come over and take control of the Republican party.”
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, Armistead warned Democratic office holders who want to switch parties for the “purpose of being [...]
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Posted on January 31st, 2011 by Rick Journey
Attorney General Luther Strange says his court-appointed role as representative for the states at the table with private plaintiffs and the US in the BP oil spill case will be a “plus” for Alabama.
Strange, who took office two weeks ago today, appeared this morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama.
The Republican says he and Gov. [...]
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Posted on October 29th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Sometime in the last decade, my father, disgusted with seeing countless local amendments on his general election ballot told me he had had enough. He would not, he declared, vote “yes” for another constitutional amendment on an Alabama ballot until it was “straightened up.”
“Really, Dad, shouldn’t you consider on a case by case basis,” I [...]
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Posted on October 21st, 2010 by Rick Journey
“If you don’t want me to take this to you, leave.”
Those words from Rep. A.J. McCampbell (D-Linden) caught on video during an ABC News investigation into lobbyists influence on statehouses across the country.
Rep. McCampbell was holding a golf club in his hand as he dismissed a college journalist’s repeated questions about his golf outing during [...]
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Posted on October 7th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Democratic nominee for Attorney General James Anderson quotes his momma on Good Day Alabama.
Anderson says claims by Republican opponent Luther Strange that he has legal ties to Milton McGregor is “just a story.”
Anderson says he represents Macon county’s sheriff which has put Anderson in court several times this year over attempted raids of Victoryland by [...]
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Posted on October 5th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Virginia’s Republican Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, says he came to Alabama to “build a team.”
The headline grabbing AG considered a Tea Party favorite is campaigning for Alabama’s Republican nominee for AG, Luther Strange. Cuccinelli has been campaigning for fellow Republicans around the country.
Monday he was campaigning for a Republican candidate in Iowa.
The Strange-Cuccinelli tandem [...]
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Posted on September 27th, 2010 by Rick Journey
In case you missed it, Ron Sparks says he’s not a doctor.
The Democratic nominee for governor says he knows What’s Ailing Alabama? in his new :30 spot.
The man who is a doctor in this campaign, Republican nominee Robert Bentley, has also rolled out a new :30 commercial, I Love My Patients.
The general election is 36 [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Alabama’s D-4 Republican congressman, Robert Aderholt, says the GOP’s “Pledge” unveiled Thursday is “a start.”
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, Aderholt, who is unopposed in his re-election effort for an 8th term, predicted GOP gains in the state’s congressional delegation.
In particular, he sees Mo Brooks running strong against Steve Raby in D-5.
Aderholt expects [...]
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Posted on September 24th, 2010 by Rick Journey
Democratic nominee for governor Ron Sparks dismisses Rasmussen Reports as a Republican pollster surveying Republicans for Republicans, but the latest Rasmussen Reports survey keeps GOP nominee Robert Bentley comfortably in front.
Sparks, who boasts he is gaining in a survey by the AEA’s polling wing, remains 20-points down in the RAS survey.
The latest poll has Bentley [...]
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Posted on September 21st, 2010 by Rick Journey
Economic growth and dealing with Jefferson county’s massive sewer debt topped Monday night’s debate at Samford University in Homewood.
Democratic Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks and Republican state lawmaker Robert Bentley met in the latest debate, this time sponsored by the Birmingham Business Journal.
This morning on FOX6 News Good Day Alabama, lawmakers Rep. Paul DeMarco (R-Homewood) and [...]
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