In an appearance on the Fox Business Network Tuesday night, former Alabama Democratic Rep. Artur Davis, who is considering a run for the U.S. House in northern Virginia, reacted to remarks by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in which Reid seemed to speculate that Republican opposition to the president’s agenda may be based on […]

Donald Trump signaled he isn’t sure Ted Cruz is eligible to be president — and Ann Coulter asserted that the question is “not open and shut.” Their twin musings can be chalked up as part of the more extreme, firebrand element of the GOP, but when Cruz’ liberty-crusading pal Rand Paul was given his own opportunity […]

Marco Rubio is a neo-statist. Paul Ryan is easily shoved around. And now Chris Christie is a Gerald Ford Republican. Conservative talk show host Mark Levin is running out of Republicans he could support in 2016 — but given his comments to FOX’s Neil Cavuto, it seems highly unlikely he’ll be able to get behind a Christie […]

According to state government sources, the office of Alabama Attorney General Luther strange has been evacuated due to the discovery of an envelop containing a “white powdery substance.” We will update this story as more information comes in. Here’s a photo of the current scene (10:46 a.m.) outside the AG’s office: UPDATE: Montgomery PD and […]

Over the past month, several prominent conservative Republican senators have been promoting the idea of using the threat of a government shutdown to force some form of the repeal of President Barack Obama’s 2010 health care legislation, better known as ObamaCare. Sens. Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have all given varying […]

It’s a ballot that might resemble something you’d see in Heisman Trophy balloting, but the entire first congressional district special election process, which begins with the September 24 primary and could potentially go until December 17, will be using what is called a “ranked-choice” ballot for absentee voters. With this ballot, the voter is asked […]

David Platt, New York Times best selling author and pastor of Birmingham’s Church at Brook Hills, will be broadcasting a live 90 minute online simulcast on Aug. 21 at 5 p.m. from an undisclosed location in the Middle East where he is currently on mission. Platt’s resource ministry, Radical, recently discussed on their blog what […]

This was supposed to be the year Hillary Clinton used to rest up. Instead, it’s evident she’s taking the time to play catch-up. The first hint came in March — not quite two months after she left the State Department — when Clinton formally announced her support for gay marriage in a video.  The timing of her […]

Despite there being two Republican titans in Florida mulling 2016 presidential bids, Rep. Dan Webster has settled on one. The second-term congressman barely paused to think last week when he was asked which candidate he supports in the next White House run. “Jeb Bush,” he said almost immediately after the questioner finished. “No he is not a […]

The country got its first glimpses on Monday of President Barack Obama’s advocacy group Organizing for Action’s climate change push. “Gravity exists. The Earth is round. Climate change is happening. #ScienceSaysSo,” Obama tweeted to his 35.1 million Twitter followers. Gravity exists. The Earth is round. Climate change is happening. #ScienceSaysSo — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August […]

Alabama Public Service Commissioners Twinkle Cavanaugh and Jeremy Oden voted today to give Alabama consumers some relief by reducing Alabama Power Company’s allowed rate of return by the largest amount in almost 25 years. Cavanaugh said Alabama Power customers could expect to see a savings of between $30 and $110 on their power bills each […]

Alabama Minority GOP Chairman Phillip Brown today announced he is launching his first bid for public office, challenging incumbent Republican Terry Dunn for place 2 on the Alabama Public Service Commission. Brown is currently on a two-day statewide announcement tour with stops in Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, and Montgomery. Brown says his campaign platform includes plans […]

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange today joined 22 other attorneys general from around the nation in petitioning the U.S. Secretary of State’s office to approve the Keystone XL Pipeline. The pipeline, which has been a major point of contention between environmental groups and domestic energy advocates, would transport oil from Canada and the northern U.S. […]

Two diverging views of Ted Cruz and his presidential timber, following his weekend jaunt to Iowa . . . Blogger Jennifer Rubin, from Washington: “I see no path to the GOP presidential nomination for [Cruz.] vs. Kevin Hall for The Iowa Republican: “We are two and a half years away from the 2016 Iowa Caucuses, but we […]

“We are lending money we don’t have to kids who can’t pay it back to train them for jobs that no longer exist. That’s nuts.” (H/t IJ Review)

Former Montgomery county public school board president Charlotte Meadows qualified today as a Republican candidate for the House District 74 special election. “I am running because I believe in economic freedom, limited government, and conservative values. I believe Alabama’s public education system should be better and it is my goal to help improve it.” Meadows […]

Four likely 2016 presidential contenders will land in South Carolina on the same day later this month — but for separate events on behalf of Gov. Nikki Haley and Rep. Jeff Duncan. Govs. Scott Walker, Bobby Jindal and Rick Perry are slated to help Haley kick off her re-election campaign in Greenville on Aug. 26 with a […]

Jamey Clements announced, on Friday, he is running for the Republican nomination for Alabama House District 62. Clements said he will support policies that will improve the Alabama’s education system by making the state more autonomous in policy making. He also said he wants Alabama to be more business friendly in order to bring more […]

Almost all liberal ideas are cloaked in populism. From Teddy Roosevelt’s Progressive Party and Huey Long’s “Share Our Wealth” movement in the early 1900s, to LBJ’s “Great Society” of the 1960s and the “We are the 99%” calls of Occupy Wall Street in recent years, the rise of the “little guy” has always been a […]

Late last month, State Rep. Chad Fincher, R-Semmes, raised a lot of eyebrows when his congressional campaign received the nod from GOPAC, one of the premier organizations in the national conservative movement. Up until that time, Fincher really wasn’t widely discussed as one of the front-runners. But that endorsement is potentially only the first of […]

In a span of just two and a half minutes in Iowa Saturday, Rick Santorum revealed both his greatest strength and most severe weakness as a prospective 2016 presidential candidate. Speaking at The Family Leader summit, the former Pennsylvania senator and 2012 presidential caucus victor rekindled his flinty, blue-collar message that’s been noticeably absent in […]

Bob Vander Plaats, the president of The Family Leader — which is holding it summit in Ames, Iowa this weekend — suggested Marco Rubio should consider taking a pass on the 2016 presidential race because of his involvement in bipartisan immigration reform legislation. Some in Iowa, he adds, are saying, “’2016’s out for Rubio, there’s no way.’” […]

On Friday following President Barack Obama’s press conference, Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, attacked Alabama’s immigration law and said she hopes the U.S. House will heed the president’s calls for comprehensive immigration reform. Sewell appeared on MSNBC’s “Martin Bashir” and accused her home state of denying citizenship to illegal immigrants while helping the economies of neighboring […]

Governor Robert Bentley today issued an amended special election timeline to fill House District seats 74 and 104. District 74 was held by Jay Love, whose resignation was effective August 1st. Jim Barton represented District 104. He resigned from the House on Wednesday. The new special election timeline for House Districts 74 and 104 is […]