Hubbard convicted on 12 counts.

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8. To be sure, I don't live in Baldwin County.

I live in Montgomery.

The great "falling out" we had began with the election of Obama and how no Democrat in the state would go all in on the national Democratic Party social or fiscal policies Obama pursued.

The end of the Blue Dogs - why pretend they were Republican when you could have a Republican?

Then, the Sparks/Davis governor's primary really ended it. When Artur Davis deliberately dissed the Black Caucus and Reed, it broke the Party by race. Sparks got Reed's endorsement, won the primary, driving Davis out of Alabama where he tellingly joined the Republican Party in Virginia.

Then, the white Democrats started their own little faction - and the Republicans won historic landslides.

"Corruption" is a relative term in Alabama - we have Democrats and Republicans convicted, and serving terms. Reed hasn't even been charged with anything, has he?

Even in Alabama, we need a Big Tent. We have to unite all factions of the Democratic Party, and bring some back home.

We have an opportunity as the Republicans crash in corruption. Our turn again?