In this March 4, 2007 photo, Barack Obama, then a presidential candidate, hugs Artur Davis, then a U.S. congressman, at the Martin and Coretta King Beloved Community Unity Breakfast in Selma, Ala. At far right is State Sen. Hank Sanders.

From [HERE] Former congressman, former Obama ally and former Alabama resident Artur Davis now says he’s a former Democrat, according to a post on his website.

After he was beaten badly in his run for Alabama governor in 2010, Mr. Davis moved to Virginia, where he works as a private-sector consultant. But he’s been eyeing a run for Congress in his new home state, and toward that end renounced both his party and his president on Tuesday.

As stated [HERE] he had been conducting a world-class whine fest ever since he got spanked in the election. He could not seem to resist taking shots at his home-state liberals, whom he blames for costing him the governorship. Never mind that Davis repeatedly sided with corporate interests and insulted his own party’s progressive base in the weeks leading up to the election. [MORE]