Alabama Republican Liberty Caucus

How to gain the support of the Tea Party and libertarian crowd

On November 10th, the Rainy Day Patriots and Campaign for Liberty hosted a gubernatorial debate in Springville, Alabama. All of the announced candidates were invited, four committed to the event, and three actually showed. Birmingham talk radio host Matt Murphy was obviously irritated at Bradley Byrne’s last minute cancellation for the event. Robert Bentley, Tim James and Bill Johnson all presented themselves as fiscal conservatives. However, one of these candidates decisively won the straw poll following the debate. Here is how the votes broke down:

Johnson 6%
Byrne 4%
Bentley 12%
James 72%

In my opinion, the key reason James dominated the straw poll results is because he mentioned the Federal Reserve and Keynesian economics in his opening statement, which I clipped for your viewing pleasure. The entire debate is available on video here.