Sunday, May 14, 2006

So should he go with the stack or the 4-3?

Gov. Bob Riley said Saturday that the only way he will lose next month's Republican gubernatorial primary is if his backers take a win for granted and stay home. He then urged them not to do so in that classic Alabama political rhetorical device called a football analogy: "Everybody here knows what a prevent defense in football does; it prevents winning. I don't want anybody playing a prevent defense. We're going to run like we're behind."