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Steve Flowers

Bold prediction: It’ll be a New Yorker

We will vote to select the 44th president Tuesday. The next president will be a New Yorker. Whomever is selected will enter the Oval office ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Tuesday, November 1, 2016 11:27 pm

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State GOP has roots in ‘62 elections

The year was 1962. John Kennedy was president. Camelot was in full bloom. The Congress was controlled by Democrats only because the South was solidly ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, October 26, 2016 1:49 am

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Squatlow feared attack on Abbeville

Ole Bill Baxley has been in the news a lot this year. He was the lead defense counsel for former Speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, October 19, 2016 1:14 am

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If Trump wins, will Sessions get SCOTUS appointment?

Our junior U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions has risen to national prominence in this pivotal presidential year. His arch conservative senate voting record and impeccable pedigree ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, October 12, 2016 1:48 am

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On political reporting, new books

During this election year I have watched all the politics on television. In order to judge the coverage I have perused all the channels. Over ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, October 5, 2016 9:30 am

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Fond food, drink memories from The Elite

Alabama’s most famous political restaurant and watering hole for 50 years was Montgomery’s Elite Restaurant. Until it closed about 1995, the Elite (pronounced “E-light”) was ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:26 am

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Moral opposition is weakening in Dixie

Folks, I have been observing and participating in the legislative process for more than 50 years. Lest you think I am real old, I started ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Tuesday, September 20, 2016 11:45 pm

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Local politics: Many incumbents lost

There is no truer adage in the political world than “all politics is local.” Therefore, the best politics and the best governing in the state ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, September 14, 2016 1:31 am

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Opinion: If Trump wins, Sessions could be on court

Throughout this year’s prodigious presidential selection process our junior senator, Jeff Sessions, has been at the forefront. He has become the darling of the extreme ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, September 7, 2016 12:50 am

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TV ads less than effective this year

In 1960 television was a new medium. Most Americans did not have televisions in the early 1950s. However, by 1960 the majority of the country ... Read more

by Steve Flowers, Wednesday, August 24, 2016 1:21 am

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