Alabama

Rasmussen reports on its latest Alabama presidential primary poll of likely Republican voters:

A national CBS News poll taken after Iowa and released today shows that no one in the Republican presidential field has the support of even 20 percent of GOP primary voters. The poll shows Mitt Romney leading with 19 percent support, followed relatively closely by Newt Gingrich (15 percent), and Rick Santorum (14 percent).

In its fight with the state over immigration, President Obama’s Justice Department is treating Alabama as if it hasn’t changed since the ugly segregationist days of the 1960s.

In control of the Alabama legislature and governorship for the first time in 137 years, Republicans sent a clear message that they’re bent on delivering conservative change. In fact, the shock of the their passage of major fiscal and social legislation is still reverberating, especially on the issue of immigration.

Alec Baldwin: "Anthony Weiner Is a Modern Human Being"

Her Spokesman is denying it, but: "Exclusive: Clinton in talks about possible move to World Bank"

Hmm: "Romney to Skip Key Poll in Iowa"

Birmingham

Taegan Goddard asks, "Best Political Ad Yet?" And I think he's on to something:

Politico's Jonathan Martin has the goods on a new poll of Alabama Republicans that shows Mike Huckabee leading likely contenders for the 2012 GOP nomination:

Thirty-three percent of Alabama Republicans polled support the former Arkansas governor for the 2012 presidential nomination, while 23 percent said they would back Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential nominee. The next closest Republican to Huckabee and Palin is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who takes 12 percent of the vote.

Clearly the scandal over Huckabee's commutation of cop-killer Maurice Clemmons was not enough to sever the governor's gut connection with grassroots Republican voters.