Alabama Governor Race

ivey looks like a fool for not debating.

i like battle. i am not sure how much of huntsville's success is due to him but he certainly seems like he has a solid track record.

I was hoping Roy Moore would run. But seriously, Ivey just seems like your garden variety Montgomery establishment politician. I'll vote for whomever the R is in the general.

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ivey looks like a fool for not debating.

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I think so too unless she really sucks at it and wants to avoid the optics of having her stand next to three younger & "healthier" looking candidates. She certainly shouldn't have been at a friggin Barons game. When you add the fact that she wasn't elected and isn't going to debate, it makes her vulnerable.

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i like battle. i am not sure how much of huntsville's success is due to him

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That's kind of my take too. Kind of hard to screw that up. That said, he does have a good track record and has experience outside of Montgomery, which is a plus. I've long thought we needed a Mayor in that spot. Unfortunately, he endorsed Roy Moore which was a letdown for a lot of people. I still think Ivey should get all sorts of hell for her position of saying she believed the victims but was voting for Moore anyway. That's a pretty ridiculous statement when you think about it.

As long as it is not my dipshit mayor I will be happy.

Walt can suck a back of aids infected dicks. (He probably already has.)

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ivey looks like a fool for not debating.

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she looks like a fool regardless of what she is doing...

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Why is this insulting?

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Because she went on rant about how important her schedule is because she's governor. The Barons even offered to reschedule it for her. Not saying we should be clutching our pearls but it isn't a good look especially since the takeaway image from the night was her trying to evade reporters who were asking her about the debate. Its like something Hillary would do.

And it doesn't matter if the debate isn't a huge deal, but it at least shows that the candidate is willing to get out of their bubble. Nothing more insulting than a politician who thinks they don't have to earn the job.

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She is the sitting Gov, she isn't obligated to debate anyone.

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She also didn't earn the job so its not like she gets the full benefit of being an incumbent. Kind of like Luther. She doesn't have to do anything but I think it eventually creates a narrative that could hurt her. One debate appearance takes it away. Of course maybe she'd rather deal with that because she knows that the optics of her on a debate stage could be worse.

A case can also be made that she'll need to get engage in a debate eventually if only to gin up some enthusiasm in order to avoid a close race in the Fall. This won't be like the Special Election but the Democratic candidate will probably be able to put up a better fight this time than the last 3 races.

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she hasn't fricked anything up yet.

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That's a step up from a majority of our recent governors, but I'd say she fricked up the handling of the Special Election.

i care about hearing from the candidates. she was not elected governor. i would have liked to have heard her on the stage.

I can't imagine anyone honestly considering a vote for Kay Ivey

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I can't imagine anyone honestly considering a vote for Kay Ivey

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She'll get a lot of votes because she's the incumbent. Buddy of mine swears she'll have the backing of Bob Riley and all his cronies as well because they can just tell her what to do. That'll get her a lot of votes as well.

I'm all in on Walt, if for nothing else as he would be somewhat of a check on the strong majority the R's have in Congress.