Posted Aug. 12, 2009 at 1:01 AM

Tagged: Artur Davis (AL) Robert Riley (AL, National) Robert Bentley (AL) Tim Pawlenty (MN, National) Haley Barbour (MS, National) Kay Ivey (AL)

http://blog.al.com/live/2009/08/george_talbot_column_bill_john.html

It looks better in hindsight, but the story goes that Gov. Bob Riley's 2006 re-election campaign was in trouble. The governor had won the Republican Party's nomination that June, capturing a...