Wednesday, May 17, 2006

As it ever was with Roy

The Birmingham News today goes to the farm with Republican gubernatorial candidate Roy Moore, and we learn that he has something in common with former Gov. Don Siegelman: a love of kicking at things. (Moore is into kickboxing, whereas karate is Siegelman's thing.)

We also learn that Moore feels "the big issue in the country today" is not the Iraq war or the deficit or education or immigration but rather "whether or not you say there is a sovereign God." A Moore volunteer says he thinks his man, who trails badly in the polls, will pull an upset due to strong support from "Wal-Mart Republicans," ostensibly the same group to which GOP lieutenant governor candidate George Wallace, Jr., hopes to appeal.