Via the Birmingham News: Polls match up Riley, Baxley in November

Alabama voters apparently will have a Bob Riley-Lucy Baxley gubernatorial matchup in the Nov. 7 general election, according to recent polls.

A trove of campaign cash, incumbency, economic good times and a lack of corruption can do a lot for any re-election-minded politician, and they seem likely to give Riley a big win over Roy Moore in Tuesday’s GOP gubernatorial primary.

Meanwhile, the daily drip of news from former Gov. Don Siegelman’s corruption trial appears to have given Lt. Gov. Baxley a big push toward victory in the Democratic gubernatorial nomination race.

And from there I would expect Riley to be re-elected by a comfortable margin.