Can he come from nowhere to win, friends and neighbors? Can the butt-kicking legend of Dale Peterson actually come true?
The rifle-toting, tough-talking star of what many consider, either in awe or terror, to be the ultimate American political ad ever now faces the moment of truth in his quest for the once-obscure office of Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
On Tuesday, Peterson, a 64-year-old political neophyte, must shake off the stardust won by his instant-icon Internet ad during the past two weeks and win the Republican primary.
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