The Doug and Nancy Story

If you follow Alabama Democratic politics right now....there's a 'war' brewing over the state agenda, and has impact upon the 2020 Democratic convention.

So the head of the state Democratic Party is Nancy Worley....who has a history going back to the state teacher's union.  At age 67, she's the one voted into office as the party chief, back in 2013.

It's safe to say that Worley has a particular view on how Democrats in the state need to proceed.

Along came Jones (a catchy title), Doug Jones, who won the staged election for Senator in November 2017.  Doug believes that the Democrats need to go in a different direction.  Doug has the backing of the national apparatus.  So Doug's people have issued 'orders' to Nancy on how to proceed.  Nancy said no.

An election came up for the Democratic 'head' of the state party, and Nancy won yet again.

Doug's people laid down the 'ace', and cut off national funding....figuring that Nancy would give up, resign, and Doug's people would rebuild the party.

Well....Nancy said no.  She won't resign, and the money be damned.

Now? The national folks say if Nancy doesn't correct all the actions....they will decertify the party, and they can't enter the convention of 2020, or represent the state.

Where this leads onto?  Well....Super-Tuesday is not that far off, and there's some suggestions that it might get real messy for Democrats in the state.

What this really cuts into?  It would appear that Nancy wants Alabama Democratic politics to stay regional, and not have some national influence or anchor attached to it.  Doug's crew wants the national trends to be the focus for Alabama Democrats.

Here's the odd factor....both Nancy and Doug are dragging alone various black political groups and they are staging fronts against each other in the state.  It's entirely possible that come November of 2020.....you could see half the black vote in Alabama....which ought to go to the Democrats entirely (say 90-to-95 percent)....simply stay home because of Doug and Nancy's little war.

Kinda funny to admire.  But all of this really hurts Doug's chances.