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Little Jim out of governor’s race? Roger Bedford competing for the democratic stage?
Alabama’s primary feeding hole for political junkies reports the following:
Last night at a Montgomery function, Roger Bedford (D – Rogersville) was telling people that he was going to run for governor, including a lobbyist that spoke to me today. “He said he had had a conversation with some people, and they convinced him he could win the Governor’s race. He said that Folsom was one of those people.”
“Roger and I are friends, and I said, ‘You know, Ron Sparks is going to run.’ We’re all friends, and I said, ‘I wish you weren’t going to do that.’ He said, ‘Ron is my friend too, and I don’t think he could win. I’ve been convinced I can win, and I’m going to run.’”
“He told others [last night] he was going to run. But another lobbyist told me that Roger said this morning that he was ‘almost certain’ he was going to run, said it in a very positive way. But that tells me that he got some feedback from others, and he’s thinking about it.”
“I talked to Ron Sparks last night, the three of us spent some time together. Ron said [about Bedford running], ‘Well, I hate it, but I’m going to announce I’m running for Governor.’”
Is Folsom encouraging or orchestrating Bedford’s potential candidacy? A source close to Folsom said, “Jim has made it clear that he is not getting involved in the governor’s race. He is not orchestrating anything but anyone would certainly understand him having encouraging words for his longtime friend Roger Bedford.”
If Bedford runs, it will keep Artur Davis from assuming the media-appointed driver’s seat for the Democrats. Anyone wanna offer a handicap on the 2010 Democratic race this far out?
