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Governor Bentley Responds to Pressure to Expand Alabama Medicaid Program

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Progressive Democrats Plan Protest Rally Saturday in Birmingham – By Glynn Wilson – The pressure is building for conservative states like Alabama and Texas to join the rest of the nation in getting onboard to help citizens without insurance obtain health care coverage under the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, for economic reasons.…

Alabama Governor Bentley Sticks Foot in Mouth, Again

by Glynn Wilson Alabama Governor Robert Bentley seems to like the taste of his own toes. He sticks his foot in his mouth so often that people down South have taken to calling him “Goober” after the character on the Andy Griffith Show who just could not keep his mouth shut even though he rarely…

Who Sets the Political Agenda Matters, Folks

The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson Most working people in America don’t have the time to pay close attention to the daily ins and outs of politics. What they know of the political system they hear from quick blurbs in passing on television news while they are busy providing dinner for their families, or what…

Debunking the Republicans’ New Extreme ‘Voodoo Economics’

And Exposing Religious Bigotry and Hypocrisy The Big Picture by Glynn Wilson I woke up way too early again this morning, writing the blues in my head. But you know what that means. There is an educational rant dead ahead. The new verse to the Bad News Blues Band theme song goes like this: Woke…

New Alabama Governor Makes Embarrassing National News Again

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Alabama’s new Republican Governor, retired Tuscaloosa dermatologist Robert Bentley, stuck his foot in his bigoted mouth in the Rev. Martin Luther King’s former church in Montgomery about an hour after being sworn in on Monday. The story is still making the rounds of…

Republican Bentley Holds Solid Lead in Alabama Governor’s Race

Republican Robert Bentley continues to hold a 20-point lead over his Democratic opponent Ron Sparks in the race to be Alabama’s next governor, according to a new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters. According to the survey of 500 “likely voters” in Alabama conducted on September 21, with a margin of sampling error of…