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Aug. 31, 2012
The Political Round-Up: Seventeen lawyers vie for judgeship.  

Romney draws battle lines in GOP acceptance speech.

Romney Speech: Better indictment than sales pitch.​

Emotional ties to Obama big hurdle for Romney.

Texas voter ID law blocked.

Alabama GOP leaders: Voter fraud alive and well.

This Week in Washington with U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner.

Harvard crimson-faced.

Aug. 30, 2012
Washington Post: Mr. Ryan's misleading speech.

Paul Ryan's valid point on Janesville plant.

The Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin comparison.

Ryan promises GOP 'won't duck the tough issues.'

Artur Davis personifies voter bloc of ex-Obama supporters.

Inside the Statehouse with Steve FlowersLabor Day has changed meaning over the years.

Checking in with the USS Alabama.

Landis case puts spotlight on use of deferred prosecution agreements (DPA's) for individuals. 

Is Perry County Alabama's most democratic county or poster child for voter fraud? Where else is 130 percent of a county's population registered to vote; where else are absentee ballots cast at a rate 15 times greater than the state's average?

Aug. 29, 2012
Romney clinches nomination at convention; Ann RomneyChris Christie speak.

Election hinges on middle class.

Alabama's chief justice race.

On Nathan Bedford Forrest and the cemetery monument: Just who raised the issue? By state Sen. Hank Sanders.

Artur Davis references Gotye.

Aug. 28, 2012
Stop the Presses: Life and death at the Times-Picayune.

State health official supports tapping trust fund.​

Obama's team of idolizers.

Equality of opportunity.

Aug. 27, 2012
Poll: Obama, Romney neck-and-neck

The Republican Party's challenge.

Vance promises positive campaign.

Deep trouble for Medicaid if issue fails, official claims.

Aug. 26, 2012
Romney adopts harder message for home stretch.

Montgomery Advertiser: Choice over trust fund money an important one.

Creek Indians fight over sacred site where casino located: Poarch, Muscogee bands at odds over planned expansion.

Sen. Olympia Snowe on how GOP can mend its image among women.

Despite Democrats' warnings, private medical plans find success

Aug. 25, 2012
Bust of Bedford stirs anger in Bama.

Mitt Romney team of ‘Mad Men’ creates ads to sell nation on candidate.

Five myths about Paul Ryan's budget.

Men, who needs them?

Aug. 24, 2012
Cardinal Dolan to give closing benediction at GOP convention.

Obama has millions of fake followers on Twitter.

The City of Mobile budget crisis. By Jim Mather.

Some workers in Alabama courts get raises amid cutbacks.

This Week in Washington with U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner.

Giving reins to states over drilling.

How every team in the AP Top 25 got its nickname.

Aug. 23, 2012
Six hidden fault lines in President Obama's campaign.

Analysis of election factors points to Romney win, University of Colorado study says.

Holder jet-setting improper?

Aug. 22, 2012
Bentley wants state employees' support for referendum.

Inside the Statehouse with Steve Flowers: GOP convention in Florida no accident.

Democratic leader blasts GOP legislators.

Ryan's black ex-girlfriend and the politics of race.

Political Beacon Poll: Ephraim and Davis in a tight race to become Prichard's next mayor.

Aug. 21, 2012
Democrats spent $1.5 million to help Akin win GOP primary.

If voters say 'no' on Sept. 18 who gets blamed?

Feds start civil rights unit in Birmingham.

Life being choked out of individual freedoms. 

Aug. 20, 2012
The Political Round-Up.

Who is Mitt Romney?

Riley PAC has strong year.

Aug. 19, 2012
At Florida retirement community, Ryan takes aim at Democrats on Medicare.

New York TimesTruth and lies about Medicare.

Republican Medicare plan would be a gamble.

Obama slams Romney, Ryan on tax rates, Medicare during stops in New Hampshire.

Washington Post: Mr. Romney's 'garbage.' 

'Challenging choices': Amendment vote to be between robbing from state savings or doing without state services.

Conventions should be real spectacles.

Aug. 18, 2012
GOP convention focus: Romney the professional.

Auto bailout legacy: GM's European nightmare.

Obama lags on judicial picks.

Aug. 17, 2012
The Political Round-Up.

Campaigning aside, transition team plans a Romney presidency.

The Medicare feud explained.

State GOP priorities to include states' rights.

SPLC bristles at criticism.

Feds provide $100k grant to study passenger rail service along central Gulf Coast.

Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged a paean to American liberty.

Aug. 16, 2012
Artur Davis, Obama fan in 2008, to speak at GOP convention this year.

Obama's hidden-hand politics. By Artur Davis.

The ugly presidential campaign. 

Ryan pick presents new challenges for Biden.

Biden's pandering on Social Security disheartening.

Alabama running out of money.

Aug. 15, 2012
Austal USA to add 1,000 jobs at Mobile shipyard.

Romney: Obama 'angry, desperate.'

Medicaid shapes up as major battleground.

Judge denies request to block bail bond fees.

America's aversion to taxes.

B.A.S.S. founder excited about addition of Ryan to GOP ticket.

Inside the Statehouse with Steve Flowers: Wallace understood the bandwagon effect.

Mercedes shipping SUV kits to Asia.

What happens if Obama wins?

Aug. 14, 2012
The Political Round-Up: Possible contenders for impending vacancy on district court bench; 

BCA supports Sept. 18 referendum. 

Romney picked Ryan to shift debate; will gamble pay off?

Anniston Star: What does Ryan choice say about Romney?

Bail bondsmen unhappy about fee hike.

The forgotten history of Ryan's Medicare reform. 

Aug. 13, 2012
The Political Round-Up: City budget process like greased pig chase.

GOP sues to force Obama compliance on 'Fast and Furious' subpoena. 

How Romney's choice of Paul Ryan has reshaped the presidential campaign.​

Ryan virtual unknown in key swing state of Florida.

Why Alabama is going slow on charter schools.

When is a campaign contribution a bribe?

Aug. 12, 2012
Ryan once loved Rand.

Where the states stand on Medicaid.

Concern over changes in Mobile-Tensaw delta.

Aug. 11, 2012
Ryan a high risk, low reward pick, most daring move of Romney's political career. Frames stark choice on budget issues.

Three polls show Obama pulling away from Romney.

Fact checker: Obama's claim that health care premiums 'will go down.' Three Pinocchios.

Southern mayors to discuss Gulf Coast train service.

Aug. 10, 2012
The Political Round-Up:​

Five myths about Obama's stimulus.

The best VP for Romney: Think Chicago vs. Jersey bare knuckles brawl.

Roy Moore, a union man

AG Holder laments hyper-partisanship.

Illegal immigrants see opportunity in new rule.

Going private, space industry eyes Texas' wide open spaces.

Democrats snubbed by hosts of pro-referendum reception.

Aug. 9, 2012
Insurance Myth #9: Insurance companies are people, too.

E.J. Dionne Jr.: Romney and his fictional Obama

New York Times: Romney hits bottom on welfare claim.

Decatur Daily: Romney's false claims undermine his own credibility.   

Obama camp denies knowledge of cancer tale it told in May.

Harvard economist: Reagan-like tax reform would raise economic output over the long term by "$7 trillion in 2011 dollars."

AG hints at more bingo raids.

Aug. 8, 2012
Alabama General Fund hasn't stabilized, storm clouds ahead.

State Sen. Hank Sanders: On Rainy Day Fund, it's a gully washer in Alabama.

Poll: Romney at standstill.

Romney attacks Obama over welfare reform.

Bentley no Wallace on road politics.

Jefferson County considers hospital shutdown.

GOP rejects call to oust its judicial nominees.

U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner's Washington Cyber Report

Aug. 7, 2012
The Political Round-Up:

Four Pinocchios for Harry Reid’s claim about Mitt Romney’s taxes.

In weak economy votes of single women up for grabs. 

Siegelman stayed on message, for better or worse.

Siegelman nonsense an exhausting affair.

Same sex marriage dicey proposition for Democrats.

Emails: Geithner, Treasury drove cutoff of non-union Delphi workers’ pensions.

Aug. 6, 2012
The Political Round-Up

Restaurant chains have managed to combine quality control, cost control, and innovation. Can health care?

Romney is right on culture and the wealth of nations.

Millionaire buys every foreclosed home in Michigan county for $4.8 million.

Aug. 5, 2012
Fight brewing over voter ID.

State Democrats talk about gay marriage plank.

In Alabama, humanities as strong as kudzu.

Five myths about the middle class.

70 facts about U.S. economy that Obama probably doesn't want to trumpet.

Aug. 4, 2012
Washington Post: Why Obama needs to make history in 2012. Again.

Tough new Obama ad that is -- surprise! -- accurate.

Democrats embrace once pejorative 'Obamacare' tag.

Dothan Eagle: Too good to be true?

Aug. 3, 2012
The Political Round-Up:

Romney to Reid: 'Put up or shut up.'

Anniston Star: Business as usual on Alabama Gulf Coast. 

Los Angeles Times: Repubs just plain mean.

Newhouse: ‘There’s every reason to be upset and angry, but …’

This Week in Washington with U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner.

Aug. 2, 2012
The Political Round-Up

Voter suppression and political polls.

Los Angeles Times: Double talk from Obama on reinstating an assault-weapons ban.

Decatur Daily: The benefit of corporate incentives.

Aug. 1, 2012
The Political Round-Up:

New polls show Obama with edge in three battleground states.

Inside the Statehouse with Steve FlowersShelby's clout will grow if GOP takes Senate.

State now okay with Dirty Bastard beer.

State Sen. Hank Sanders: The continuing saga of the Faya Rose garden.

George Will on the entitlement crisis and the death spiral of the welfare state.

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