Alabama Scene
      Democrats encouraged by election's polling numbers While Republicans won by far the most statewide races in the recent general election, Democratic Party officials were encouraged by the fact that more Alabamians voted a straight Democratic ticket in that election than did Republicans.
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Roll, Tide . . . and roll more heads too!
      Mike Shula had the bloodline, the heritage -and even the looks if you ask the ladies. The one thing he didn't have was coaching ability or administrative talents. It all came crashing down after this year's thumb loss to cross-state rival Auburn.
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Congress Reports
      'Go Big,' 'Go Long' or 'Go Home' options A secret study of options for U.S. military action in Iraq was leaked and reported in The Washington Post last week.
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Inside the Statehouse
      When Bob Riley took office in January of 2003 he had just survived one of the most bruising gubernatorial elections in history. His razor thin margin of victory over Don Siegelman hardly gave him a mandate for major accomplishment in state government.
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Civil war in Iraq
      NBC News deserves a salute for calling a spade a spade. Monday, the network's newscasts began referring to the Iraq conflict as a civil war, a phrase that President Bush and many of his administration has avoided and denied.
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