The polls have closed on the Musings from Maytown poll on the GOP nomination for Alabama Governor. The results are
Roy Moore 334 for 61%
Tim James 139 for 27%
Dr. Robert Bentley 44 for 8%
Bradley Byrne 17 for 3%
Bill Johnson 2 for 0%
Tony Petelos had 8 for 1%, however Petelos announced midway through the Musings from Maytown poll that he would not be a candidate for Governor in the 2010 election.
Now, Musings from Maytown posts the poll on the Democratic nomination for Alabama Governor. The candidates will be Congressman Artur Davis, Agriculture Commission Ron Sparks, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb, and former Mobile Mayor Mike Dow. Davis and Sparks are announced candidates, while speculation remains on the possible candidacies of Justice Cobb and Mayor Dow. Voting will end on the evening of Saturday, May 30. Please urge all interested citizens to vote in the Musings from Maytown poll.
3 comments:
While I personally have very little use for the GOP as a vehicle for anything, I will make an exception if Judge Roy Moore runs for Governor and I will help him - whether he runs GOP or Independent.
I just hope Judge Moore will listen to the voices of common sense if he runs. He wouldn't do it in 2006 when he SHOULD have run again for his seat on the Alabama Supreme Court - even if as a Republican. Legally he could have done so even though he had been removed from the office months earlier. He would have beaten the appointee of Riley in the Primary and definitely beat Sue Bell Cobb in the General Election.
He got bad advice from some so-called "experts" among his supporters. He didn't have a "snow balls chance in ____" to beat Bob Riley in 2006. But Judge Moore wouldn't listen to those who tried to tell him so.
In fact, Judge Moore should have pulled a "George Wallace" when the Court ordered him to take the 10 Commandments Statute out of the Court House. Instead, he could have carried out a "stand in the school house door" sort of response just like Wallace did. In this case I guess it could have been called the "Stand in the Court House Door." Wallace had the political savvy to back down from a fight he knew could not win, and he was able to go back to the office of Governor and from that political base launched the first of his many presidential campaigns. We all know, as Paul Harvey used to say, "the rest of the story."
I am not going to "judge" (no pun intended) Judge Moore's conscience when refused to obey the Court's Order. Still, he could have used the event of the Court's Order as a catalyst to promote him to a more national prominence where he could fight another day. Most Alabamians supported him for his stand. He could have used the incident to announce a national campaign to restore the "Principles of the 10 Commandments" back to this nation where it is so desparately needed.
Rightly or wrongly, Judge Moore was removed by - you know who - Republicans on the Alabama Supreme Court. When this happened he lost his forum and his political base when he was forced off the Court. And then, he hurt his credibility further by running for Governor when he had no chance to win.
This time, I hope Judge Moore will listen. I believe he can win. Your poll - though not scientific - is a good indicator of a close race for sure. The "country club conservatives" will pour tons of money into the race for Tim James. If Judge Moore wins the primary, it all depends then if the "country club conservatives" will support him in November.
So I guess a good question to ask is, will Judge Moore be the next "George Wallace from Alabama" or will be become a 21st century version of Harold Stassen?
John, Moore's people (read: DEan Young) corrupted your poll. It's not valid.
The BJC's Report from the Capitol announces in it May Issue Charles Marsh, nephew of Fisher Humphreys, will be the Buddy Shurden Church State lecturer at Samford April 27 and 28, 2010.
UAB proff Glen Feldman says in Religion and Politics in the South Marsh has written one of the two most signficant books on Southern History and Politics in last quarter of 20th Century.
Among folks Marsh deserves to have in his audience next spring are:
John Killian.
Rick Burgess and his Wife featured in current issue of Bama Baptists.
Pam Huff and Natalie Davis
Stephen Black
Joey Kennedy and the Bham News editorial staff
Bishop Willimon
rick Lance and Bob Terry
Kevin Hamm
Joe Godfrey
Gary Fenton.
FBC Montgomery's Wolfe
Lowell Barron
Nick Saban
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