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Roy Moore, to the delight of cowboy hat clad evangelical reporters in Tennessee, told The Associated Press last week that he’s “very inclined” to take another crack at being governor in 2010.

I feel there is a need, and I feel I’m well qualified for the position.

He doesn’t think the governor’s office should not exist, so … I guess that’s an improvement.

So how’s Roy Moore, who took one issue — the political equivalent of shouting “JESUS!” through a bullhorn at all passers-by — and “mastered” it very well at one point, handling all the nuances of today’s hot-button issues?

Moore still has copies of his 2006 campaign brochure in his Montgomery office and he says the issues he talked about then are still pertinent for 2010: stopping legislators from holding two state jobs, limiting legislators to three consecutive terms in the same office, ending annual property tax reappraisals, and opposing gambling and same-sex marriages.

‘The issues don’t change that much,’ Moore said.

Yeah, I guess he’s right. Nothing ever changes. Except everything.

But you remember how I said that we got lucky with not having Troy King in a race with Artur Davis? That it was probably the worst-case scenario and all?

Moore said he hasn’t decided on a theme if he runs, but he said he’s thinking along the lines of: ‘It’s time to stand up for Alabama. We have serious threats from Washington, D.C. – serious threats on our rights and liberties.’

If that sounds familiar, it’s because Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace built his long career with the slogan ‘Stand Up for Alabama’ and coupled it with harsh criticism of the federal government.

Wondering what he meant by “serious threats on our rights and civil liberties” in Washington?

Yeah…

Yeaaaaaaaah…