Coming clean before the primary

By Kyle Whitmire

In 2006, a bipartisan effort in the Alabama Legislature moved the state’s presidential primary as far forward as it could go — Feb. 5.  After two decades of the lingering in late primary political oblivion, Alabama was trading up. It was a good idea, even if it didn’t last. The state has gotten some attention from the move, but it has been diluted by the 21 other states holding primaries this Tuesday.

We don’t do endorsements at the Weekly, but I believe in transparency. If I’m going to vote, readers deserve to know for whom and why.

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