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American Auto Rescue an American Success Story
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama administration rescued the American automotive industry, in one of the president’s biggest but under-reported success stories. Political Animal – Turning the auto bailout into a winning issue: The new goal is to not only let voters know about this, but use it to boost Obama’s standing in states like Michigan,
Charts to explain the budget deficit debate
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The deficit peacocks are all squacking that we need to cut discretionary social spending and entitlement programs (social security and Medicare), while simultaneously saying that defense budget cuts are off the table and tax increases are off the table. These deficit peacocks are not serious about deficit reduction. They only have an
Update: T-Paw’s Flaws
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former Republican governor of Minnesota Arne Carlson is a man on a mission. He wants the world to know the truth about former Republican governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty. He is not the mythical figure that the Washingtom media villagers and Beltway bloviators are creating. T-Paw's record is not what he claims. Arne Carlson was a
Former Palin aide pens tell-all book – Tuesday release
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Oh dear God, this is all the chattering class will want to talk about for the next week. AP Exclusive: Former Palin aide pens tell-all: "Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years" is due out Tuesday and based on tens of thousands of emails that Bailey said he
A little less talk and a lot more action on jobless benefits, governor
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Tick tock, governor. Time is of the essense — you only have until the end of this week to forestall emergency unemployment insurance benefits being disrupted late next month. Or terminated, if the Arizona Tea-Publican legislature fails to act in a special session. Governor Jan Brewer says she wants a special session to
Opinion: It’s wrong – and costly – to drop people from AHCCCS
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star today has a guest opinion by Dr. Eve Shapiro and Dr. Matt Heinz (D-Rep. LD 29) arguing that It's wrong – and costly – to drop people from state Medicaid plan: A lawsuit has been filed in the Arizona Supreme Court to block Gov. Jan Brewer and the
The GOP’s Gimmicks-R-Us AHCCCS cuts challenged in lawsuit
May 24, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you this was about to happen last week. The GOP's Gimmicks-R-Us "Balanced" State Budget About To Be Blown Up. Three public-interest law groups argue in a special action lawsuit filed with the Arizona Supreme Court on Monday that Governor Brewer and lawmakers have no legal right to freeze enrollment or
GOP in a panic, scraping the bottom of the barrel
May 23, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the wake of the GOP presidential primary debacle, two more names are now being floated as possible contenders, both of whom are polarizing figures. Chris Cillizza reports that Texas state's rights secessionist "Governor Goodhair," Rick Perry, is now getting a second look. Will Rick Perry run for president in 2012? –
