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« on: June 14, 2017, 05:42:48 PM »

http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/06/ex-chief_justice_sue_bell_cobb.html

Probably the strongest option on Alabama's emaciated Democratic bench.
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« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2017, 05:44:34 PM »

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« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2017, 07:31:20 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2017, 07:35:50 PM »

So, slightly better than Siegelman in 2002?
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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2017, 07:40:29 PM »

Cool?
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2017, 07:44:17 PM »

She's one of the Democrats' strongest challenger. At least this shows that there will be a fight.
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2017, 07:59:40 PM »

Endorsed!
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2017, 08:30:24 PM »

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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2017, 08:40:04 PM »

It's like the perfect storm is brewing for 2018. Maybe Dems will even retake the South again?



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« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2017, 09:43:43 PM »

This is a perfect storm pickup at best, but at least the Democrats are contesting it.
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« Reply #10 on: June 14, 2017, 09:49:48 PM »

It's like the perfect storm is brewing for 2018. Maybe Dems will even retake the South again?



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No way Hutchinson and Abbott go down.
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« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2017, 10:07:25 PM »

It's like the perfect storm is brewing for 2018. Maybe Dems will even retake the South again?



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No way Hutchinson and Abbott go down.

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« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2017, 10:14:01 PM »

She's awesome. I love getting likable candidates in Southern states!
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« Reply #13 on: June 14, 2017, 10:19:44 PM »


Interesting that Mobile still went R.
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« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2017, 10:23:38 PM »

Likely R, but this could become competitive if Ivey gets primaried by some loon like Moore, or if the ghost of Bentley's corruption haunts her into the GE should she win the primary.
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« Reply #15 on: June 14, 2017, 10:24:45 PM »

Likely R, but this could become competitive if Ivey gets primaried by some loon like Moore, or if the ghost of Bentley's corruption haunts her into the GE should she win the primary.

It's Alabama. Safe R.
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« Reply #16 on: June 14, 2017, 10:28:09 PM »


Why is the Wiregrass so much more conservative than other parts of the rural areas of the state?
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« Reply #17 on: June 14, 2017, 10:38:18 PM »

Likely R, but this could become competitive if Ivey gets primaried by some loon like Moore, or if the ghost of Bentley's corruption haunts her into the GE should she win the primary.

It's Alabama. Safe R.

MD was safe D and LA was safe R until they weren't.

My thoughts exactly. Note that both of the seats you mentioned switched hands largely thanks to terrible Democratic and Republican candidates, respectively. I wouldn't put money on Cobb winning this, but there's a non-negligible chance of a walking disaster like Moore or Dawson winning the GOP primary.
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« Reply #18 on: June 14, 2017, 11:06:32 PM »

Richard Lindsey, Jim Folsom Jr., Artur Davis, Walter Maddox, Craig Ford, and Bobby Bright are the other strong candidates she probably just cleared from the field. Honestly, in my opinion, Lindsey and Folsom are the strongest potential nominees.
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« Reply #19 on: June 14, 2017, 11:09:32 PM »

Richard Lindsey, Jim Folsom Jr., Artur Davis, Walter Maddox, Craig Ford, and Bobby Bright are the other strong candidates she probably just cleared from the field. Honestly, in my opinion, Lindsey and Folsom are the strongest potential nominees.

Imagine if Folsom had won his 1980 Senate race. He probably could have hung on until 2010.
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« Reply #20 on: June 15, 2017, 12:16:23 AM »

Very good (and not too liberal) candidate in very difficult state.... But - still likely R. Roy Moore is, probably, the only one able to lose it.
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« Reply #21 on: June 15, 2017, 12:20:17 AM »

Richard Lindsey, Jim Folsom Jr., Artur Davis, Walter Maddox, Craig Ford, and Bobby Bright are the other strong candidates she probably just cleared from the field. Honestly, in my opinion, Lindsey and Folsom are the strongest potential nominees.

Imagine if Folsom had won his 1980 Senate race. He probably could have hung on until 2010.
I think he would have been knocked off in 2004 with the right candidate. Southeastern Senate Republicans did really well that year.
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« Reply #22 on: June 15, 2017, 12:40:15 AM »

Richard Lindsey, Jim Folsom Jr., Artur Davis, Walter Maddox, Craig Ford, and Bobby Bright are the other strong candidates she probably just cleared from the field. Honestly, in my opinion, Lindsey and Folsom are the strongest potential nominees.

Richard Lindsey is my representative in the state legislature. I see him across the county all the time. He is a family friend. Heck he came to my high school graduation. I speak to him quite often and trust me, he isn't running for any higher office. He has been our rep in the legislature since 1983 as a democrat in a county Trump won 82%. He is extremely popular in the county and district.
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« Reply #23 on: June 15, 2017, 08:25:41 AM »

Likely R, but this could become competitive if Ivey gets primaried by some loon like Moore, or if the ghost of Bentley's corruption haunts her into the GE should she win the primary.

It's Alabama. Safe R.

MD was safe D and LA was safe R until they weren't.

My thoughts exactly. Note that both of the seats you mentioned switched hands largely thanks to terrible Democratic and Republican candidates, respectively. I wouldn't put money on Cobb winning this, but there's a non-negligible chance of a walking disaster like Moore or Dawson winning the GOP primary.
Alabama is much less inelastic than MD and LA, even on the state level. Until I see otherwise, this looks like Safe R. Still, Cobb could win in a perfect storm, but the GOP candidate would have to be pretty bad.
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« Reply #24 on: June 15, 2017, 08:55:02 AM »

Likely R, but this could become competitive if Ivey gets primaried by some loon like Moore, or if the ghost of Bentley's corruption haunts her into the GE should she win the primary.

It's Alabama. Safe R.

MD was safe D and LA was safe R until they weren't.

My thoughts exactly. Note that both of the seats you mentioned switched hands largely thanks to terrible Democratic and Republican candidates, respectively. I wouldn't put money on Cobb winning this, but there's a non-negligible chance of a walking disaster like Moore or Dawson winning the GOP primary.
Alabama is much less inelastic than MD and LA, even on the state level. Until I see otherwise, this looks like Safe R. Still, Cobb could win in a perfect storm, but the GOP candidate would have to be pretty bad.

I.E. - Roy Moore
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