Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley Front-Runner In Alabama Governor's Race, Says Latest Poll

The Mobile Register ^ | February 20, 2005 | Bill Barrow

[Clintonfatigued]

In the survey's hypothetical general election pairings, Baxley drew 39% to Riley's 35%. She led Moore 44% to 38%.

[MikefromOhio]

is this a good thing or a bad thing, being that not all of us are from Alabama....???

[Clintonfatigued]

PING!

[Clintonfatigued]

It's a bad thing. Fortunately, Baxley's lead is slim with a substantial undecided vote.

[MikefromOhio]

ok....

which one of the 3 mentioned, Baxley, Moore or the other would be a good candidate?

[Clintonfatigued]

Well, Bob Riley is the current governor, but his perofrmance in office has been pretty mediocre. A victory by Roy Moore would be an exciting developement, and most who log on this website are rooting for him.

[MikefromOhio]

hmmmm....ok....

thanks for the info....

[BillyBoy]

I can understand her lead over Riley, but not Roy Moore. And it's simular numbers against both candidates.

The RINOs on FR (generally the types who despise the GOP and are only "Republicans" because their beloved RAT party is no longer in power throughout most of the deep south) should be quite pleased. They'll be spewing their usual garbage about how Baxley is the "true conservative", which is the same B.S. they used to elect abortion luvin' tax-and-spend Mark Warner in Virgina.

[Tweaker]

"pretty mediocre"

I am calling the understatement police and report you. :D

Moore would come closer to doing what every candidate has promised to do for 30 years, clean up Montgomery. He probably couldn't do it but he would definitely do his part. If he runs I will vote for him.

[panzer_grey]

Its not bad, its very, very bad. Here are the current possible candidates for Gov of Alabama:

Incumbent Bob "One term" Riley (a Republican who's first attempt to do anything in office was to propose the largest tax increase in the history of the state)

Don "Bugsy" Siegelman (the former Dem gov, barely beaten by Riley, so sleazy its hard to even begin describing him)

Lucy (A Dem who who combines the worst of Riley (tax increase) and Siegelman (corruption))

And of course Reverend Roy Moore (I know alot of you on this board who don't live in Alabama love him, and if you do love him - please ask him to move to your state!)

[Clintonfatigued]

I wouldn't be too worried. I think that Roy Moore will take the lead once he gets the chance to take his case directly to the people. If he wages a strong grass-roots campaign and doesn't rely too much on the media, he could start a political revolution.

[LowOiL]

Moore would/could be a good canidate IMHO.. if the dems didn't get him to chase his tail at every little morality bit they lobbed his way. He must be shrewd in his dealings, something that his pride tends to obstruct at times.

IMHO...

BTW.. Lucy Baxley is the last choise for me. Heck, I even vote for an LPer over her.

[KC_for_Freedom]

I still have not completely decided that Riley's tax hike was anything more than a feint to show the democrats how much the people are against tax increases (even for the schools). I know thats not what he said, and if he really meant it, then shame on him.

I don't know much about Moore either except that he has big ones. I never minded the commandments in the courthouse, but I don't know about his judicial leanings. He would be exciting certainly, but I would not like to see his run hand the governorship back to the democrats.

[zbigreddogz]

Guys, Moore is a nut.

Just thought I'd say that. I agree that it is stupid that the ten-commandments can't be displayed, especially when so many other quai-religious things can be, but the guy made a freaking giant monument, obviously specifically to start a debate about it, openly defied a court order, and then whined when the inevitable took place.

I would have respect for him had he just taken his punishment like a man, said "I knew they were gonna do that, and I did it anyway because I wanted to make a point."

That would be respectable, but defying the courts and when whining when you get punished for it shows you aren't a terribly serious or thoughtful man.

[zbigreddogz]

And of course Reverend Roy Moore (I know alot of you on this board who don't live in Alabama love him, and if you do love him - please ask him to move to your state!) No thanks, you can keep him. As I just said in another post, the guy is a joke. He obviously picked the fight, which is OK I guess, I think it was a poor way to do it, but whatever, I don't have much of a problem with it. What I 'DO' have a problem with, is that instead of taking it like a man, he whined and played the mayrter. Had he just said "Yah, I knew they were probably gonna do that, and I probably deserve it, but I just thought it was important to make the point," THEN, I would at least respect him. As of now, I don't.

[William Terrell]

Moore is the only one with enough courage to challenge the entrenched atheistic court system. I'm sure the English Crown thought the founders were nuts, too.

"Diseases desperate grown/By desperate appliance are relieved, Or not at all."

[panzer_grey]

It was all about 'Roy'. Of course he wanted to start a fight. A fight he believed would go all the way to the Supreme Court. And who would argue the case before the Supreme Court? Why Roy Moore of course.

[zbigreddogz]

If you think getting rid of a publically funded monument in a government building is the same thing as the injustices that the founders faced, you are completely ignorant of history.

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

Well, Lucy Baxley is a Democrat, and it'll be a cold day in Hell before I vote for an Alabama Democrat after their particularly shoddy history (George Wallace to Don "the crook" Siegelman).

Unfortunately, this leaves Alabama with very little opportunity in this upcoming election. Barring a (desperately hoped for) late entry by a respected Republican into the governors race, I'll probably have to hold my nose and vote for Bob Riley again during the primaries and general election, though Riley has often acted as a kind of tempermental "lame-duck" since his tax hike failed at the polls (Riley was a better U.S. Congressman than Governor).

Even so, I cannot abide another Don Siegleman term (favoritism and old-style corruption abounded; and don't forget his endorsement of Al Gore back in '00 and his attempt to use the same kind of dirty tricks for himself in '02), and I will go to the mat before that egotistical wacko Roy Moore is my governor (talk about setting the state back a few decades...).

[RockAgainsttheLeft04]

RE: "The RINOs on FR (generally the types who despise the GOP and are only "Republicans" because their beloved RAT party is no longer in power throughout most of the deep south) should be quite pleased. They'll be spewing their usual garbage about how Baxley is the "true conservative", which is the same B.S. they used to elect abortion luvin' tax-and-spend Mark Warner in Virgina."


Baxley is a liberal in "Blue-dog" clothing, a dyed-in-the-wool party hack who won't even denounce the former governor for his corrupt awarding of construction contracts to his friends and campaign cronies. She is no choice for our governor.

Neither for that manner is the grade-A loser Roy Moore, who flaunted his defiance of court orders, federal law, and the basic tennants of judicial restraint with his long campaign to boost his ego and advance his future political fortunes through a *STATUE*. Alabama doesn't need his "I am God, and He is me" attitude anywhere near our governors chair.