Giuliani Had a Following Among Mobile Republicans, and a Skeptic or Two
City council members, a district attorney and a state senator weighed in on the 2008 field. Rudy Giuliani drew the most support in Mobile, but not everyone in his own…
Mobile’s Political Class Surveys the 2008 Field, and Mostly Declines to Commit
Asked in mid-2007 whom they favored for president, Mobile-area officials, lawyers and businessmen produced a portrait of a Republican electorate torn between Giuliani, McCain and Romney, and a probate judge…
Edwards, Gore and a Border Fence: Mobile Democrats and Republicans Size Up 2008
A second round of Mobile-area figures weighed the 2008 field, from a license commissioner drawn to John Edwards and Joe Biden to a trio of Republicans backing California congressman Duncan…
Why a Former Alabama GOP Chairman Settled on Romney
Marty Connors explained the research that led him to Mitt Romney, while other Alabama conservatives surveyed on the 2008 race fretted that no candidate in the Republican field could hold…
Drafting Gore, Backing Gingrich: The Candidates Mobile Wished Were Running
A restaurateur was writing letters urging Al Gore to run. A CPA was backing Newt Gingrich, who had not announced. Across the Mobile area, the most enthusiastic 2008 supporters were…
Mobile Republicans Bet on Giuliani as GOP Women Fill the Statehouse Galleries
Local GOP leader Jerry Lathan made the electability case for Rudy Giuliani while busloads of the Alabama Federation of Republican Women descended on Montgomery for Red Wave Day.