A No.
Q Do you agree that Siegelman would have been a serious contender in the 2006 race if his legal problems were resolved?
A Again, I'm not certain if he would or wouldn't be, because he faced a primary with a couple of -- at least one very ambitious and very popular official, and probably several.
Q On the other hand, if Siegelman were reindicted, that would have harmed him politically and made it more difficult for him to win the governorship?
A It generally creates problems, yes.
Q And, in fact, the article references the fact there is a Federal grand jury in Montgomery looking into his activities as Governor, correct?
A Correct.
Document No. 3: E-mail from Sarah Taylor to Karl Rove
Taylor, who replaced Matt Schlapp as director of OPA, sent an e-mail to Rove on February 10, 2005. The e-mail references Kelley McCullough "Kitty" Robertson, former Southeast political director for the Republican National Committee and a woman with strong ties to Alabama. Robertson apparently was trying to determine if Bob Riley intended to run for re-election as governor, even though his approval numbers were down following his failed attempt at tax reform. Here is the exchange:
Q Do you agree that Siegelman would have been a serious contender in the 2006 race if his legal problems were resolved?
A Again, I'm not certain if he would or wouldn't be, because he faced a primary with a couple of -- at least one very ambitious and very popular official, and probably several.
Q On the other hand, if Siegelman were reindicted, that would have harmed him politically and made it more difficult for him to win the governorship?
Q And, in fact, the article references the fact there is a Federal grand jury in Montgomery looking into his activities as Governor, correct?
A Correct.
Document No. 3: E-mail from Sarah Taylor to Karl Rove
Taylor, who replaced Matt Schlapp as director of OPA, sent an e-mail to Rove on February 10, 2005. The e-mail references Kelley McCullough "Kitty" Robertson, former Southeast political director for the Republican National Committee and a woman with strong ties to Alabama. Robertson apparently was trying to determine if Bob Riley intended to run for re-election as governor, even though his approval numbers were down following his failed attempt at tax reform. Here is the exchange:
Q Well, take a look, if you would, at Document 42 which is an e-mail from Sara Taylor to you on February 10, 2005. And Ms. Taylor says, quote, "We asked Kitty to do some digging, no word for sure, but sounds like probably Riley will run," end quote. Do you see that?
A Uh-huh. Yes.
Q And Kitty, I take it, refers to Kelley McCullough . . . ?
Q And she was at the RNC?
A Yes.
Q Does this refresh your recollection about any communications you had with Sara Taylor relating to Governor Riley's plans for reelection and the Alabama's Governor's race?
A No, I don't. I was asked to do a fund-raiser in 2006. This may have been provoked by that why was I going to go down there and what was I going to do?
Q In any event, Ms. Taylor did --(Note: You can view every article as one long page if you sign up as an Advocate Member, or higher).
