7. Hillary Clinton is allegedly running, but rising star Beto O’Rourke is flying up in the polls amongst Democrats
— A new poll shows that Clinton isn’t even rating enough attention to be polled. Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and O’Rourke are polling in the top three with Democrats.
— This weekend, an aide for Hillary Clinton said that she is lurching to the left and will run again in 2020.
6. Bellefonte nuclear power plant may still be bought, but an extension has been granted
— The developer now has until November 30 to secure financing for the plant, an extension from the November 14 deadline. He needs $89 million to pay for the mothballed plant located in Hollywood, Alabama.
—Franklin Haney believes there is money to be made with the plant, jobs to be created and he wants to keep pursuing the project. He is quoted saying, “We’ve been working day and night on this project for two years because it has such a great potential for thousands of jobs in the Valley and power that could be generated for an attractive price.”
5. Pretend outrage in Mississippi as everyone pretends to not understand a benign statement
— Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith said about a supporter who invited her to a speaking engagement, “If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row.” Now, the national media is giving her the Roy Moore and Justice Brett Kavanaugh treatment.
— Some media outlets have referred to the comment as a “lynching remark,” but there is no evidence that is what she was referring to.
4. Another flip for Democrats as Arizona’s Senate seat falls
— After a week-long count, Kyrsten Sinema beat Republican Martha McSally by 1.7 percent in a race for Senator Jeff Flake’s vacated seat.
— Democrats are excited and Republicans are not. The ripping of Arizona Senators Jeff Flake and John McCain by the Republican president did not play well as 12 percent of Republicans voted for the Democrat. The Republican governor won by double-digits.
3. It is possible that former Attorney General Jeff Sessions is damaged goods as a future candidate
— Discussion of Sessions’ political future may be for naught as more Republicans view the former Alabama Senator negatively (46 percent) than positively (33 percent).
— There is little doubt that Sessions could beat Alabama Senator Doug Jones (D-Mountain Brook), but there are questions about whether he could win a Republican primary against Trump-friendly candidates.
2. Alabama State Board of Education member believes that the Alabama Accountability Act is about an attempt to “destroy a whole race of people“
— The school boards Ella Bell nonsensically claimed the program harms black children, saying, “They took money from the poorest counties in the state to send kids to private school.” She called it “stealing,” even though over half of the students in the program are minorities.
— The fight over the AAA will probably be short-lived as Senate Pro-Tem Del Marsh (R-Anniston) is the sponsor. It is his bill and any repeal or modification will have to go through the body he controls.
1. Impeachment may not be a good idea for Democrats, according to polling
— Overall support for impeaching Trump is only at 33 percent, with a majority of 51 percent saying they do not support impeachment.
— There is no sign that the leadership won’t placate the 78 percent of Democrats who voted in the midterms who want it done right now, which is a bit higher than Democrats who support it overall (61 percent).
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