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Calls for Hubbard to Step Aside Show Split Within Alabama GOP

Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn gavels in the regular session of the House of Representatives at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.

Alabama Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, R-Auburn gavels in the regular session of the House of Representatives at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012

Alabama lawmakers are set to being their 2016 regular session in less than three weeks.  Presumably leading the House will be Speaker Mike Hubbard.  That’s despite the fact Hubbard faces trial in March on corruption charges. But this past weekend a Republican Party committee approved a resolution calling on Hubbard to suspend his leadership position.  We talk about the move with Alabama Media Group columnist John Archibald. He also offers some hope sparked by the reopening of the Lyric Theatre in downtown Birmingham.

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