Ben Cannatti, RSLC Political Director co-authors the second piece in the series “RSLC State Race Spotlight” on Townhall.com:

From Townhall.com:

If you’re not from Alabama, it might surprise you to know that Democrats control both branches of the state legislature – currently by a margin of 5 seats in the senate and 15 seats in the larger house chamber. If you’re a Republican from Alabama, it probably infuriates you that the Democrats have held a majority in both houses since Ulysses S. Grant was President.

The Alabama Republican Party is pushing hard to make 2010 the year that the tide turns in the Alabama State House (we’ll leave it to Coach Saban to direct the Tide on the gridiron). Coordinating under the theme of “Campaign 2010 – Securing Alabama’s Future ,” the state GOP is targeting the lack of transparency and endemic corruption that is strangling the legislature after 136 years of Democratic control. For years, state Democrats have benefited from big war chests funded in part by union supporters. The Republican’s Campaign 2010 project is a concerted multi-million dollar effort to recruit, staff and support enough quality Republican candidates across the state to finally overcome the Democrats’ money wall.

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