Democratic Congressman Bud Cramer (seen above) has announced he will not seek reelection for a tenth term in 2008.  Although Republicans have only had limited success in Madison and Limestone Counties as well as the City of Decatur, and have virtually no presence in the rest of the Tennessee Valley, Hillary Clinton or Barack Hussein Obama at the top of the Democratic ticket may doom their Congressional nominee in November.  However, liberal Republican Presidential nominee John McCain certainly won’t have the coat-tail strength that Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee would’ve offered the GOP candidate.

Possible Democratic candidates include State Rep. John Robinson of Scottsboro, Public Service Commissioner Susan Parker, and State Sen. Parker Griffith of Huntsville.  Possible Republican candidates include State Sen. Arthur Orr of Decatur and Madison County Commissioner Mo Brooks of Huntsville.

Not necessarily a slight at any other candidate, Mo Brooks (seen above) is the stand-out conservative.  A Republican candidate for Lt. Governor in 2006, Brooks gained recognition as an unwavering opponent of illegal immigration and other liberal programs ruining the quality of life in Alabama.  As County Commissioner, Brooks has done everything in his power to eliminate illegal immigration, multilingualism, liberal perversion of the public schools, rising gang violence, and government waste in Madison County.  And when the liberal politicians of Huntsville and Madison County have neglected their responsibility to their White constituents, Mo Brooks has been there to hold them to account.  Clearly Congress lacks strong paleoconservative leaders, and the voters of the Tennessee Valley have the opportunity to send Mo Brooks to Washington to fill that void.