Elections matter

Attorney General Troy King saw fit last year to ask the then-head of the state's two-year college system to help his friend's mother find a job in the system. That in itself isn't newsworthy, but the fact that King's request came while his office was conducting an investigation of the two-year college system is. Now, thanks to what The Birmingham News generously labeled "a really bad judgment call," the AG has recused himself from just the sort of statewide probe you'd want an AG to lead.

Congratulations on four more years of this guy, Alabama.