Just finished watching Riley's "concession" speech. He seemed to be almost giddy about the proposal losing. I don't ever remember someone being so upbeat when something of theirs got trounced so soundly (Now 68-32 no with 73% reporting).
Riley was very upbeat, and said "Alabama voted and their vote was quite clear - They want smaller Government, and until the government is smaller and more accountable don't come back to us with your hand out."
I would swear it is as if he is actually happy that this amendment was defeated.
I would swear it is as if he is actually happy that this amendment was defeated.Maybe, just maybe that was the plan. Let the people decide, and this time, they decided right.
Let's see if Bob Riley now has the guts to follow through and cut spending and restructure Alabama's inefficient and bloated state government.