Opinion | Maybe the Alabama Democratic Party could try something new

The Alabama Democratic Party is not a mess.

I know that such a statement has likely sent you into either a fit of laughter or into utter disbelief. But it’s true. The party is not a mess.

There are good and competent people within the party working every day to field and train candidates. There are smart, smart people working to develop donor lists and put together winning campaign strategies. There are good and decent people trying very hard to build a viable second party in this state so that we might enjoy a state government that operates with compromise and middle-ground solutions to complicated problems—the way it was intended.

You don’t hear much about those people, unfortunately, because so much attention—and maybe rightfully so—is focused on the absolute train wreck at the top o