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• You can’t really replace Crazy Larry

  —Thomason Tracts

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  Patrick Cooper, William Bell in runoff for Birmingham mayor | Birmingham Elections – al.com. But his term must be filled. Patrick Cooper, Langford’s main rival for the election two years ago, had 40.1 percent of the vote, meaning that William Bell, who has been running for Mayor for as long as [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:31am EST
  by Mac Thomason

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• Tuesday Evening Open Thread : Elections and Charlie Strong

  —The Progressive Electorate

  1. As I predicted - Birmingham voters will have to endure another 6 weeks of campaigning. Runoff between Patrick Cooper who got 40 percent of the vote and William Bell the next closest at 25 percent. Carole Smitherman finished third with 19 percent.

  Expect more racial divide as Cooper carried [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:41pm EST
  

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• Keep an eye on the Atlanta mayoral race today

  —Left In Alabama

  We blogged about the Atlanta mayoral race, and its implications for "post-racial" Southern politics, a while back.  Mary Norwood faces Kasim Reed in a runoff today.  Turnout for the election last month was about 30%, which puts the recent Birmingham elections to shame.  On the Kudzu [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 10:35am EST
  

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• Another "Jobs Bill": Didn't The First One Work?

  —Politics Alabama

  Liberals in Congress, frantic to show some improvement in our nation's job picture before the 2010 mid-term elections, have decided that we need to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on a jobs-creation bill. Again.
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  This raises an interesting question: If the liberals think that a new' [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:00am EST
  

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• Dems Don't Get It On ObamaCare

  —Politics Alabama

  Here's the story. In recent elections and polls, all agree that independent voters, who helped win the Presidency for Obama last year, are rapidly turning away from the Democrats because of their massive spending agenda. I'll give them credit, the Democrats are finally accepting this as fact instead of propaganda... [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:45am EST
  

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• Natalie Davis Looks National. And Local.

  —Doc's Political Parlor

  

  Don’t miss Natalie Davis considering the lay of the land after the recent national elections, and she looks ahead to the Birmingham mayor’s race.

  She managed to wiggle the post on to the site at the end of the week before the site got completely uncooperative, [...]

  Posted: November 16, 2009, 1:22pm EST
  by Danny

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• 2010 Election strategy session and open thread

  —The Progressive Electorate

       Okay, I thought now would be a good time for another 2010 election strategy session, since mid term elections are now less than a year away.

      Also, I would like to ask that my Congressmen John Hall (D-NY19) be added to our Act Blue page here [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:40am EST
  

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• Florida Tea Bag Party - Can Alabama Be Far Behind?

  —Left In Alabama

  

  The Republican party, despite being distilled down to a rump party headquartered in the Deep South, is not pure enough for conservative Tea Baggers in Florida. They've formed a third party, the Tea Bag Party*, to carry the conservative banner in next year's elections. [...]

  Posted: November 09, 2009, 10:10pm EST
  

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