Huntsville Times on frustrated Democrats

From Sunday's Times editorial:

Siegelman's on trial, and Baxley's campaign has been uninspired.

Alabama Democrats must be frustrated when they look at the top of the ticket in the June 6 primary.

The foremost candidates - Don Siegelman and Lucy Baxley - are in line to become the state party's standard-bearer in the fall. Yet both fall short as leaders of their party and, potentially, of the state. ...

Head-to-head with Siegelman, Baxley is preferable. But her ability to mount a credible campaign against Republican opposition in the fall is certainly questionable. She would probably fare better against Roy Moore, if he is the GOP nominee, but as things now stand, Gov. Bob Riley would appear beyond Baxley's reach.

Small wonder, then, that many Democrats are considering voting in the Republican primary next month where the contests are sharper and the stakes may be higher.