Seriously? GOP “narrative” pollster Rasmussen is still being reported by “credible” news outlets?
June 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have explained to readers here with links to numbers guru Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com why the Rasmussen Reports poll has a "house effect" GOP bias, and is effectively a GOP "narrative" poll — a form of push polling. The lazy political media continue to dutifully report the Rasmussen Reports "top line"
Terry Goddard gets ir right: taking on human, gun, drug smugglers
June 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While Republicans pretend to do something about border security by posturing on SB 1070, Arizona's "show me your papers law," Attorney General Terry Goddard is actually doing something constructive about border security. In an editorial opinion in the Arizona Daily Star today, the editors give credit where credit is due. Good plan:
Rodney Glassman: Will John McCain Give Big Oil Money to Gulf Relief?
June 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from Rodney Glassman for U.S. Senate: Will John McCain Give Big Oil Money to Gulf Relief? U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman is calling on John McCain to prove his independence and donate to Gulf Coast communities the $2.4 million he has taken from Big Oil. McCain has taken $2.4 million
In their own words: unfit for office
June 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: What a contrast. Monday night the Democratic candidates for Attorney General held a debate in Tucson and provided thoughtful answers to substantive questions in a civil manner. The Democrats will participate in a Citizens Clean Elections debate tonight on Horizon Channel 8 (KAET) at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday night it was the Republican
John Dougherty campaign ad: “Offshore Oil”
June 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the John Dougherty for U.S. Seante campaign: McCain's oily record on offshore drilling PHOENIX (June 22) – Facts are scoring a victory in U.S. Senate candidate John Dougherty's campaign to unseat John McCain. Dougherty's first campaign ad, Offshore Oil, features the Gulf oil leak disaster juxtaposed with McCain's statements
SB1070 Update: More on SB1070 in the schools
June 22, 2010
by David Safier Before I quote Ed Supe Tom Horne, it's important to remember he's a Harvard educated lawyer, and chances are he's read SB1070. That makes this quote, talking about students and SB1070, somewhere between a purposeful misstatement and a lie. “If they don’t commit a crime, [police officers] won’t be asking them. If
Dems zeroing in on Republican support of BP
June 22, 2010
by David Safier It looks like the DNC doesn't plan to let this issue go away. Joe Barton's apology to BP for the Obama "shakedown" that led to setting up a $20 billion escrow account wasn't a "gaffe." It was a follow up on the Republican assertion that by standing up to BP, Obama was
Horne, Thomas play “Oh yeah?” “Oh yeah?”
June 21, 2010
by David Safier OK, this is fun. Tom Horne's law firm filed reports with the Arizona Corporation Commission that had a teeny little omission about an earlier bankruptcy. Reports filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission from 1997 to 2000 for Horne's law firm show that when asked if any partner in the firm had ever
