While he stops short of endorsing Republican Robert Bentley for Governor ( he.." is doing quite well without my help"), he may as well have. Davis trashes not only Ron Sparks, who spanked him in the Democratic Primary for Governor, but the entire Alabama Democratic Party as well.
Davis had already said he was done with politics, that his campaign for Governor would be his last. But he takes some last shots in the rant in the paper:
"I remain a Democrat because I believe in the country that Democratic presidents have tried to build for three generations..."
...although he did vote against the current Democratic President's Health Insurance reform bill, the only member of the Democratic Black Caucus, and one of the few Democratic Representatives to do so.
Alabama Republicans have said for years they want to increase the presence of African-Americans in their party, both as members and as candidates.
Is Davis too democratic to be a Republican, but not democratic enough to be a Democrat?
Ron Sparks and Artur Davis in Montgomery, January 2010, in more cordial times.
Frankly, I was very disappointed with Davis' op-ed piece. Sour grapes were hanging all over it.
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