Alabama 2010

Tim James Twitter Interview

I conducted today my interview with Gubernatorial Candidate Tim James. Below are the 10 questions and answers:

@TimJames2010 Q1: What are the three most important issues facing the state of Alabama?

@jvreeland Jobs and the economy, education and managing the state budget are the issues Alabamians are most concerned about right now.  (link)

@TimJames2010 Q2: What are the three most important issues facing the Nation?

@jvreeland Obama's tax hikes, obviously jobs and national security. The Democrats are killing our economic future. (link)

@TimJames2010 Q3: Is the Economic Recession over for the Nation?

No! The recession will continue as long as the Democrats continue to hike taxes, continue bailouts and out-of-control spending (link)

@TimJames2010 Q4: How is your campaign using Social Media to connect with voters?

@jvreeland Obviously through Twitter. We are now segmented into regions on Facebook as well as main FB page. Also Flickr and YouTube.  (link)

@TimJames2010 Q5: Last question before we get to user submitted questions, it is an easy one: Mac or PC?

@jvreeland A bit of both: I use a PC and a iPhone.  (link)

@TimJames2010 Q6: Via @Chandler_Harris: How does he plan on forcing college professors to give extra credit for the AL Reading Corps?

@jvreeland @Chandler_Harris By expanding the existing U of A program to other state-funded institutions.  (link)

@TimJames2010 Q7: @DanielleBlevins How Gov. Riley is handling the gambling issue, acceptable/unacceptable?

@jvreeland @DanielleBlevins Tough, tricky issue. I oppose casino gambling in AL and believe so-called bingo machines are slot machines.  (link)

@TimJames2010 Q8: Via @bradleyhankins: In one word, how would you describe yourself politically?

@jvreeland Conservative.  (link)

@TimJames2010 Q9: Via @walkerdl: How will you lure more jobs to AL?

 @jvreeland @walkerdl:Shift focus from econ devevelopment to helping small businesses stay afloat and expand, which over 75% of AL workers. (link)

@TimJames2010 Q10: Via @bradleyhankins: How will you add to more transparency within the state government?

@jvreeland @bradleyhankins Independent audits of all state offices and contracts, publish expenditures/reports online, review all contracts.  (link)

Thanks so much for Tim James for participating in our Twitter Interview for the Alabama 2010 Gubernatorial Campaign.

Alabama 2010 Election - Twitter Interviews

Seeing how the Alabama 2010 election season is kicking into full gear now that the primaries are only 6 months away, I have decided to do a round of Twitter Interviews with each candidate. I am going to start with the Alabama Gubernatorial race and then move on to the Lt. Governor, Attorney General, and so on and so forth.

I plan on presenting all candidates with 5 questions about their specific race (Governor, Lt. Governor) and then will be accepting questions from the Twittersvere. From all of the submissions (either from twitter or comments) we will pick 5 for the candidate to answer.The five base questions for each candidate will be posted tomorrow.

The 8 major candidates for Alabama Governor have all been contacted to schedule their interview on twitter. So far we have State Treasurer Kay Ivey, Bill Johnson, and Rep. Robert Bently scheduled on Friday for their interview. The Bradley Byrne and Roy Moore campaign have also responded to our emails and we are getting their interview scheduled.

So for your part, I need questions you would like to have answered by Ms. Ivey, Mr. Johnson, and Dr. Bently in 140 characters or less and your twitter handle if you have one. No anonymous comments will be considered.

The conversation in its entirety will be posted here upon being completed. Looking forward to receiving your questions!

Follow me on twitter for the latest schedule.