On the eve of an increasingly likely government shutdown, here’s a look at how the potential Republican 2016ers have calibrated their positioning, in order from the most staunchly opposed to the most willing to flirt with closing down Capitol Hill. Chris Christie: “I don’t think you hear responsible Republican leaders advocating a shutdown of the government,” Christie […]

Congressman Spencer Bachus (AL-6) today announced that his current term in the U.S. House, which runs through December 2014, will be his last. Bachus, the dean of the Alabama House delegation, said he will not seek re-election after serving eleven terms as the representative for the Sixth District. He said he will devote his full […]

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will be the keynote speaker at the Huntsville Republican Women’s 30th Anniversary Celebration in October. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 15, and will include a reception and dinner. The Huntsville Marriott on the grounds of the US Space and Rocket Center will serve as the venue. Single tickets for […]

Three Alabama Crimson Tide rivalry games made into the top ten of Ticket City’s 2013 list of the Top 25 Biggest College Football Rivalries. Alabama-LSU is number one on the list, barely beating out Michigan-Ohio St. The Tide and Tigers were on track for another epic battle of undefeateds this year until Georgia knocked off […]

Cheryl Ciamarra, one of Alabama’s foremost pro-life advocates, is considering running for the Alabama House District 43 seat, which will be open in 2014 when Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin retires. [READ: Rep. Mary Sue McClurkin retiring, potential successors emerge] Ciamarra held a meeting at her home yesterday with what she dubbed an “exploratory committee” to […]

Well, that didn’t take long. Ted Cruz’s 21-hour “filibuster” has vaulted the Texan to the top of the heap nationally in the 2016 GOP presidential primary, according to Public Policy Polling. Cruz captured a field-leading 20 percent of the vote in a poll of Republican primary voters taken Wednesday and Thursday, in the wake of his […]

Iowa Democrats are wrestling with a conundrum:  They’re on board with Hillary Clinton this time, but are simultaneously drawn to the idea of a fresh face representing a new generation. A new poll, commissioned by the Des Moines Register, finds likely caucus-goers divided over their preferred trait of a 2016 contender. Whereas 49 percent chose “a […]

(Above: Laura Ingraham’s interview with Rep. Mo Brooks) Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Huntsville, made an appearance on Laura Ingraham’s nationally syndicated radio show on Friday to warn about the consequences of ObamaCare. According to Brooks, there are a plethora of hidden costs to the American public which will come in the form of new taxes, $600 […]

MONTGOMERY — Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced today that the state will be able to repay $260,388,971 to the Alabama Education Trust Fund’s Rainy Day Account by the end of the fiscal year. The state transferred $437.4 million from the Rainy Day Account to support the Education Trust Fund in 2009. Alabama repaid $14.4 million […]

The National Rifle Association is having a massive fundraising year, thanks in large part to gun-control efforts led by President Obama and his congressional allies. Friends of NRA, a grassroots outreach program the NRA uses to host fundraisers and volunteer events, has raised an incredible $51 million in 2013. According to the the NRA, that’s […]

It wouldn’t be campaign season in Alabama without a heavy dose of disingenuous attack ads from the fine folks at the Alabama Education Association (AEA). AEA-funded mail pieces (which can be seen below) hit the streets in House District 74 this week attacking Republican candidate Charlotte Meadows for working for “a special interest group that […]

There’s new evidence Ted Cruz may be more in sync with the roots of his party than Mitch McConnell. A survey of Republican National Committee members from key presidential primary states found overwhelming support for Cruz’s 21-hour Senate floor talkathon. And even the few who didn’t think Cruz’s speech was necessarily politically helpful to the […]

Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn, took to Instagram on Thursday to announce his intention to run for re-election. Hubbard released his video on Instagram, which was recently purchased by Facebook for $1 billion, and also shared it on his Twitter and Facebook accounts. Launching our re-election campaign on Instagram! Excited […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – While a House-passed Continuing Resolution to keep the government open and defund ObamaCare awaits Senate action, U.S. Representative Martha Roby, R-Montgomery, today vowed to forgo her congressional salary if a government shutdown affects the pay of men and women of the United States Armed Forces. The House of Representatives last week passed […]

Several sources in Alabama’s 6th Congressional District have confirmed receiving phone surveys over the last several days that indicate a group or potential candidate is testing the waters of a primary challenge to Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Vestavia Hills. Bachus is no stranger to being a target of conservative Super PACs and Tea Party challengers. In […]

Lost amid the avalanche of coverage over Ted Cruz’s 21-hour filibuster protesting Obamacare was the delicate positioning of his colleague and potential future rival, Rand Paul. While the Kentucky senator had plainly stated over the weekend that defunding the health care law was a lost cause, he joined Cruz on the floor Wednesday morning to lend the Texan […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The South Carolina Republican Party will consider a resolution saluting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz for his marathon speech excoriating President Obama’s health care law, the latest signal of disconnect between GOP leaders in Washington and those in the states. The resolution, which could be voted on by the state party’s executive committee […]

The Alabama Farmer Federations, ALFA, political action committee FarmPAC announced Monday their endorsements for congressional and state offices in the 2014 elections. The FarmPAC Advisory Trustees are made up of farmers representing every county in Alabama. They met with candidates and made their endorsements at ALFA’s Monday meeting, at the Federation home office in Montgomery. […]

Over the weekend, enemies of Christ made themselves apparent by attacking his followers. One of the attacks was carried out by the Islamist terrorist group Al-Shabaab, in a Nairobi mall. The attackers killed at least 62 people, injuring 175. Witnesses say they let Muslims go free before they began shooting people. The other attack occurred at […]

WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Senator Richard Shelby, R-Tuscaloosa, Vice Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that he will oppose each of the upcoming votes pertaining to the continuing resolution for fiscal year 2014, and will vote “no” on any attempt to fund the president’s healthcare law. Shelby says the current continuing resolution ignores […]

(Above: highlights of Sen. Sessions participation in Sen. Cruz’s filibuster on the Senate floor) WASHINGTON – On Tuesday afternoon, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Mobile, joined a handful of his Republican colleagues in participating in Sen. Ted Cruz’s, R-Texas, “filibuster” on the Senate floor. Sessions participated in a nearly half-hour back-and-forth Cruz. Beginning with Cruz’s cue “we […]

1. Byrne is within striking distance, but it ain’t over yet Byrne is hovering right around 35 percent, which isn’t bad, but I’m sure they’d feel a little more comfortable if they’d crept up closer to 40. Remember, Byrne’s name recognition dwarfs the competition. There’s still reason for concern when a candidate with 80% name […]

Bradley Byrne and Dean Young have cleared the first hurdle in the race to succeed Rep. Jo Bonner as Alabama’s First Congressional District representative. With all 246 precincts reporting, former state senator and chancellor of the two-year college system Bradley Byrne topped businessman Dean Young by an 18,090-12,011 vote margin, followed by State Rep. Chad […]

WASHINGTON – During his “filibuster” over defunding President Barack Obama’s health care, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, went through a list of employers having to make adjustments to their payrolls in order to afford ObamaCare’s compliance costs. The list of employers, which was created by Investor’s Business Daily, happened to include the University of Alabama. Cruz […]