Mobile and Baldwin County News
Asked to name a favorite in the 2008 presidential race, Mobile-area officials, lawyers and civic figures answered with hedges, wish lists and a fair amount of open dissatisfaction with both…
By late summer 2007, a striking number of Mobile's civic and business figures had looked over both fields and found nobody who fit. One of them said the ideal candidate…
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…
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…
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…
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…