Our Opinion
Here's how we'll vote Tuesday
Riley for governor
     We recommend Bob Riley's reelection as governor. The Republican incumbent has done a good job.
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Alabama Scene
Alabamians know how to split ticket
Bob Ingram
     I have covered or been involved in more major state elections than most folks...15 in all...and I don't recall one quite like the one which will settled next Tuesday.
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Letters To The Editor
Lawyer now supports DuBose judgeship
     Dear Editor, Apparently, our Republican Supreme Court feels superior to the voters who elect our public officials. First, they kick out Roy Moore who the people elected. Now, they want to prevent Stuart DuBose from taking the office to which the people elected him. Is that so Governor Riley ca
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Inside the Statehouse
Gov. Riley got a boost from Hurricane Katrina
Steve Flowers
     We Alabamians enjoy our politics almost as much as we love our college football and the Governor's race every four years is almost as eagerly anticipated as the Auburn vs. Alabama game. It is like an extra Christmas every four years. We start handicapping the possible candidates three years out and
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From The Nethermost
Democracies everywhere depend on informed electorate
Jim Herod
     I have started Bob Woodward's book State of Denial, Bush at War, Part III. Woodward, you may remember is the Woodward of Bernstein and Woodward, authors of All the President's Men and The Final Days. Those books recorded the important history of the events in the closing of the Nixon presidency.
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