Reply #8: Artur Davis, presumably [View All]

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Black Democratic Congressman from Alabama. An early Obama supporter and currently running for Alabama governor. But he's got some funny connections with the Alabama GOP corruption and I've never quite been sure where he's coming from.

On edit -- here's Legal Schnauzer on Davis. He cites The Wayne Madsen Report as a source for the Leura Canary story, which for me drops its credibility level to about 40% right there. But it is true that Davis has made some less-than-creditable alliances in his quest to be governor.


http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-artur-davis-selling-out-obama-for.html

U.S. Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL) is consulting two U.S. senators about the nomination of a U.S. attorney for the Barack Obama administation, according to a new report on the Web.

Nothing unusual about that, right? Well, here is the strange part. According to a guest article at The Wayne Madsen Report, Davis is consulting Alabama senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions, both Republicans.

Why would two Republicans have input into a nomination for a Democratic administration? The article says it appears to be part of Davis' effort to gain support from pro-business forces in his run for Alabama governor in 2010.

How far will Davis go to curry favor with groups such as the Business Council of Alabama (BCA)? The article says Davis might actually push for Bush appointee Leura Canary to stay on as U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Alabama.