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Alabama Politics Tweets of the Week – 3/12/2010

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:45:27 +0000

It was a relatively quiet week in Alabama politics on Twitter, but there were still some items of interest. We welcomed candidate for Alabama’s 3rd Congressional district seat, Josh Segall to Twitter this week. Though I’m not sure the person running his Twitter account should continue...

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Taking a Look at the Tim James Healthcare Plan

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:00:08 +0000

I strongly encourage gubernatorial candidates to come out with detailed policy proposals, something we can really sink our teeth into and something that gives a real window into how the candidate thinks about the issues we face. So I was excited to take a look at what Tim James proposed today in...

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Bradley Byrne and Kay Ivey release New Campaign Ads

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:34:12 +0000

Just after I got caught up on campaign ads, the Byrne and Ivey campaigns released new ads today. Apparently someone has convinced Kay Ivey that green screens are the way to go with her ads: Kay Ivey Campaign Commercial #2 – Pledge 3-9-10 from Kay Ivey on Vimeo. As for Bradley Byrne, his...

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Alabama Politics Tweets of the Week – March 7, 2010

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:40:45 +0000

It’s time for the second edition of “Alabama Politics Tweets of the Week”. Thanks so much to everyone for their enthusiastic response to our first go at this new feature, and I need your help. If you see a tweet worthy of “Tweets of the Week”, just copy and paste in...

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Campaign Ad-apolooza – Byrne, Davis, Bentley, Ivey

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:51:01 +0000

Robert Bentley is up with his first campaign ad: This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe Flash Player is required to view the video. Artur Davis’s first ad is called “Alabama First: This video was embedded using the YouTuber plugin by Roy Tanck. Adobe...

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Latest Social Media Poll Results and Updating the Twitter Scorecard

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 06:56:57 +0000

The latest TWAY poll results are in. This time, the question we asked was “Which gubernatorial candidate is running the most effective online campaign?” Our completely unscientific (but still interesting) results are: Bradley Byrne 33% Artur Davis 28% Tim James 20% Bill Johnson...

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Bright Going to be Tougher to Unseat than Some Believed

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:34:20 +0000

Rep. Bobby Bright released some polling numbers to the Montgomery Advertiser that appeared in today’s edition. The numbers are from respected pollster John Anzalone, and he does offer caveats about what they mean, acknowledging the low name ID for Bright’s opponents and how far from...

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Alabama Politics Tweets of the Week

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:53:54 +0000

We’re going to try out a new feature here at The World Around You (TWAY). Let’s look at the best tweets from Alabama politicians this week… We can always count on Attorney General Troy King (@TKtheAG) to give us something memorable Breakfast with Alabama’s Republican Women...

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Dr. Bronner Continues to Raise Red Flag on Reality of State Budgets

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:37:09 +0000

The head of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, Dr. David Bronner continued to raise the red flag on the Alabama budget situation in an interview he gave yesterday. Many of the quotes in the article by Russell Hubbard at the Birmingham News are very similar to remarks I watched Dr. Bronner make...

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“Open Secret” Continues Push for Constitutional Reform

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:04:08 +0000

The latest attempt by supporters of constitutional reform in Alabama (led by the Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform) to bring attention to the issue is a film by Melanie Jeffcoat called “Open Secret”. I attended the public screening held in Montgomery this evening in the...

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Who’s in the Money? Alabama House Races

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:04:51 +0000

I’m sorry I got distracted with some other things over the last few weeks, but I did not want to neglect the Alabama House races and the financial reports that were filed at the end of January. So, let’s take a...

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Shelby County Healthiest in Alabama, Perry and Lowndes Least Healthy

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:04:12 +0000

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation today released new county-by-county health ratings for most counties across the country. The rankings for Alabama aren’t surprising, but the variety of factors considered helps us understand the differences among counties within Alabama. RWJF offers a...

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DCCC May Sue Rep. Parker Griffith for Return of Campaign Funds

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:08:04 +0000

The Hill is reporting this afternoon that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), having failed to publicly pressure Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith to return the $500,000 he received from them for his 2008 campaign, may seek legal action. Griffith, who switched to the Republican...

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Battle of the Constitutional Officers, BINGO!

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:45:19 +0000

George Altman of the Mobile Press-Register has a follow-up today to his report from Sunday that Alabama Attorney General Troy King may “intervene” as early as tomorrow in Governor Bob Riley’s Taskforce on Illegal Gaming. Altman notes that it is now likely that if the attorney...

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Latest Poll Shows Byrne leads in Republican Primary, but Many Undecided

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:22:40 +0000

Some really interesting numbers out today from Public Strategy Associates and pollster Mike Baselice. These numbers look very realistic, first because of the high number of undecided voters identified. The reality is a large number of Republican primary voters haven’t sorted through this...

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Mysterious Telephone Polling of Statewide Vote on Bingo

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:27:55 +0000

I received the following message just now, which was likely just the end of the call: TRANSCRIPT: …They are not willing to let you vote yes or no on bingo. If you believe that you should have the right to vote on bingo, please press 1. If not, Press. 2. No identification of who is...

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Who’s in the Money: Alabama Senate End of Year Fundraising Reports

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:19:33 +0000

Digging a little deeper into the end-of-year fundraising reports that were due yesterday, we can look at the playing field in the Alabama Senate. I thought the most useful way to sort the data below was by cash on hand, so that is how the table below displays. What immediately jumps out is the...

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Financial Reports in for Alabama Governor’s Race

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 03:45:41 +0000

Well, the remaining financial reports in the Alabama governor’s race came out today, and it was a bit of a frenzy keeping up and there has been a good bit of debate over exactly where we stand. One measure to look at is contributions: Bradley Byrne $2,605,011 Artur Davis $2,174,110 Tim...

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Inside Rep. Parker Griffith’s almost $1 million in Receipts for 2009

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:58 +0000

Considering all of the controversy surrounding the party switch of Alabama’s 5th Congressional District Rep. Parker Griffith, he isn’t hurting for money. He reported receiving $965,206 in 2009 and had cash on hand of $714,835. Now let’s go inside those numbers… $399,737...

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Bonner and Barber Continue Trickle of Financial Disclosures

kristopher@theworldaroundyou.com (Kristopher of The World Around You) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:02:28 +0000

The financial disclosures candidates file with the FEC for federal elections are trickling in slowly for the last quarter of 2009. The only sitting Alabama congressman to file his report as of this writing is 1st District Rep. Jo Bonner. Mr. Bonner reported total receipt for the year of $420,998...

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