Wednesday, February 15, 2006

A persecution complex?

Is it possible that former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has a persecution complex? He is now suggesting that the Chairperson of the Alabama Republican Party should step down because he believes she is using her position to support incumbent Gov. Bob Riley. Moore seems to me like the type who is unable to accept the idea that people might not want him to be the governor of Alabama. (I know I certainly don't!) It seems that in his mind there has to be some excuse, someone out to get him, to explain why things don't his way.
This argument
Moore said Tuesday that the newsletter and Cavanaugh's previous employment with Riley, combined with the party's recent flirtation with prohibiting Democratic primary voters from voting in a Republican primary runoff, are enough to establish a pattern of unfairness.

In the event of a runoff, conventional wisdom holds that crossover votes would benefit Moore, who refused to take his Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial Building and subsequently was removed as chief justice.

seems somewhat weak. It might be true that conventional says crossover voting would help Moore, but all the talk I've heard about Democrats crossing over to vote in the Republic primary was aimed at voting AGAINST Moore.

However, if he's already in persecution mode, maybe that means he already knows his campaign is in trouble.

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