Category: Alabama

For Anyone in Alabama with Progressive Bumper Stickers on Your Car

March 13, 2010 by Left in Alabama

You better read this.  The author of this Daily Kos piece is a friend here in Huntsville and I'm copying their story for all to read.

Citation for Dem Bumper Stickers in Alabama

Yes, it's true. I just encountered an experience that I wish upon no one, but that I'm sure happens too often in America.

I live in Huntsville, Alabama. I was driving home from the downtown area of my metropolitan statistical area which has a population of over half a million people. I was not driving erratically. I signaled when changing lanes. I obeyed all traffic control devices.

Yet, I was pulled over by city police.

Immediately there were three other patrol cars behind my mid-size SUV. Four in total.

Support for Health Care Reform Rebounds

March 12, 2010 by Left in Alabama

I have a couple of interesting polling memos to share.  The first is from a Democracy Corps analysis of a number of recent polls on the health care reform bill.

In the wake of the Massachusetts special election, public surveys showed support for health care reform declining to record lows.  Yet, in recent weeks, support for reform has started to recover in nearly every public survey and now stands almost even – 46 percent in support compared to 47 percent opposed according to Pollster.com’s current average of public surveys.

I found this next paragraph even more interesting.  Why do people oppose HCR?  Well over a third oppose it because it doesn't go far enough!

What Is Ron Sparks Selling?

March 12, 2010 by Left in Alabama

Every new day brings at least one new Sparks for Governor "press release" into my email inbox.  And each one is more dreadful than the last.  They've taken a plunge downward: from semi-hysterical and over-caffeinated comic pieces to truly nasty, poorly-sourced mud-slinging.

I don't write that lightly and I don't like criticizing a fellow Democrat in this manner.  But if Republicans were sending this stuff out, we'd be all over them.  It's just hypocritical to gloss over behavior in a Democrat that we'd vilify a Republican for.

Even Ron Sparks isn't proud of them.  If he were, every single one from the past 2 1/2 weeks would be on his Web site with his other press releases.  But there's only one of the series posted.  A March 10 piece that alleges:

If you ever wondered what $560,000 buys you, it buys a Congressman's vote and a lifelong relationship to do what you want, when you want it.

AL-07: Eddison Walters in Birmingham

March 12, 2010 by Left in Alabama

Last Friday Eddison Walters told the Birmingham Downtown Democrats, "I'm pretty sure we already know what the problems are facing this district. So I'm going to try to talk about some solutions."  The solutions he proposed revolve around nurturing small businesses and creating new green industry in the district.

All the Democratic candidates for the 7th congressional district spoke at the Downtown Democrats meeting on March 5th.  It was a great opportunity to hear from the entire field and I have to say that all six candidates made good points.  I'm not sure who I would vote for if I lived in AL-07.   For the rest of the week we'll be posting video of each of the six Democrats in this race, in this order:

Once Again, Alabama Comes Out Just Ahead of Mississippi

March 12, 2010 by Left in Alabama

We've seen it before in Alabama when Cynthia Stewart wanted to bring her girlfriend to the prom and the school refused.  The ACLU of Alabama intervened and the school relented:

From an ACLU of Alabama press release: