In politics, if you want to get something, you've got to give something. According to Dana Beyerle of The Tuscaloosa News, the new leadership of the state Republican Party hopes to expand the party by inviting county-level politicians to come over to the GOP -- something that could help those Dems ride the GOP coattails, if those coattails extend into the next election cycle. Liberals, the article notes, need not apply.

From The Tuscaloosa News -- Liberal Democrats need not apply