Boehner and the big money machine come to AZ for McSally, Paton, & Parker

In case your invitation got lost in the mail, here’s a reminder to dust off your “business attire”, break out a few thousand greenbacks, and hit the road for a Paradise Valley VIP fundraiser.

Arizona’s elite Congressional team will be joined by Speaker of the House John Boehner to raise big bucks for Republican candidates Martha McSally (CD2), Jonathan Paton (CD1), and Vernon Parker (CD9), who are running against Ron Barber, Ann Kirkpatrick, and Kyrsten Sinema, respectively.

I guess the Republicans have really given up on Gabriela Saucedo Mercer (Congressman Raul Grijalva’s Teapublican challenger), since she is not listed on the invitation. It is odd that Senate hopeful Jeff Flake– who is running against Dr. Richard Carmona— is not listed as a beneficiary. (I guess he’s getting plenty of help from the Koch Brothers and their ALEC pals.)

See the rest of the invite after the jump.

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Gabriela Saucedo Mercer: ‘I heart SB1070’ (video)

by Pamela Powers Hannley

Sometimes you just don't know what you're going to find on the Internet. I was looking for something completely different, and Goggle gave me this…

After the jump, watch a 2010 video of Republican Congressional candidate and Mexican immigrant Gabriela Saucedo Mercer voicing her support for SB1070. (She also takes the opportunity to dump on Councilwoman Regina Romero and Congressman Raul Grijalva, her current opponent in the CD3 race.)