Governor Bob Riley of Alabama may have Abramoff trouble.
A footnote on page 48 of the recently released report (large .pdf) from the Senate Indian Affairs Committee mentions a conversation between convicted felon Abramoff and a potential tribal client in which the former lobbyist bragged that a client of his, Mississippi Choctaw Chief Phillip Martin, spent $13 million on the 2002 campaign of Governor Bob Riley.
In the race for Alabama governor, incumbent Bob Riley leads Lt. Governor Lucy Baxley 54% to 40% according to a Rasmussen poll of likely voters. The margin of error for the poll is +/- 4.5%.
Both candidates have gained support over the past month – in a May Rasmussen poll Riley garnered 49% support of likely voters and Baxley got 37%, but the new poll is naturally better news for Riley than his opponent.
A Press-Register/University of South Alabama poll has Governor Bob Riley (R) leading Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley (D) 53% to 25%. Twenty-two percent of registered voters were undecided.
The counsel for ex-Governor Don Siegelman offered a surprisingly terse defense of his client on racketeering charges yesterday after the prosecution spent six weeks building its case.
"Governor Siegelman rests, your honor," was attorney Vince Kilborn's answer to the charges against Siegelman, who was standing trial along with four others for allegedly providing government favors while he was in office.
