We knew it was coming. Bentley might’ve been better off appointing a caretaker to the seat to avoid an appearance of impropriety. Strange was going to run for the vacancy, anyhow. The question now is with Bentley’s appointment of Steve Marshall to Strange’s AG vacancy, if he will go soft on the investigation into Bentley’s alleged wrongdoings. He may ride it out to the end of his term in 2019. I’ve heard some concerns in the past over Lt Gov. Kay Ivey, so there may not be a burning desire to move her up and give her a leg up for next year’s primaries.
Did the Governor actually do anything wrong? Seems to me like the “impropriety” is a whole lot of nothing and that the investigation has been dragged out for an absurdly long time.