I thought this old article would be as good a place as any to post this question: how good of a conservative is AL-05 GOP congressional candidate and Madison County Commissioner Mo Brooks? (Brooks decided not to run in 2008, but is running in 2010.) He’s a litigation lawyer, which in Alabama is usually a bad omen when it comes to tort reform. It’s also strange that he did not include in his campaign site any reference to his views on abortion or guns (at least not that I could find). http://www.mobrooksforcongress.com/Mo_Brooks_for_Congress-start.html
His primary opponent is businessman and GOP activist Les Phillip, who is a Navy veteran that emigrated to the U.S. from Trinidad and Tobago as a child. His platform is solidly conservative. He also happens to be black, which may not necessarily be an asset in the AL-05 (it’s only around 20% black IIRC, and quite a few 2004 Kerry voters swung to McCain in 2008).
If Brooks isn’t as conservative as Phillip, or if Brooks has manifested RINOistic tendencies in the past, I will send Phillip the contribution his campaign requested. A black Republican elected to Congress in a Southern district held by a Democrat may be too good of a story to pass up, and Phillip would be able to advance the conservative cause far more than Brooks possibly could. We’ve got to win the election first, though.
Interestingly, Chicago Black GOP Congressman Oscar De Priest was native born to AL-5 (from Florence). Les Phillip sounds like an intriguing choice. I don’t much have an opinion of Mo Brooks.
Griffith is running scared. Saying he won’t back Pelosi again.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0809/Dixie_Dem_wont_vote_for_Pelosi.html
Brooks website paints him as a conservative.
He’s probably the stronger GE candidate unless Phillip can pull a few black votes against the white rat.
But all things being equal I’d rather have a businessman/veteran than other lawyer in there.
And we need to elect some black Republicans. Especially Allen West. It’d be nice to elect enough to form a little caucus.