Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement I previously addressed the speculation over Governor Jan Brewer's plan to balance the state budget in The Jan Scam Tax Plan. On Wednesday, Governor Brewer finally delivered her plan to a joint session of the Arizona Legislature. The Gov's speech went over like a turd in the punch bowl. The anti-tax … Read more

by David Safier A few days ago I spotlighted a new website, A Stronger ADP. The authors wrote a lengthy and thoughtful document, A New Way Forward (you can get the pdf here). The problem for many people, including me, was that the authors chose to remain anonymous. No longer. They are six Young Democrats … Read more

by David Safier I went to Phoenix today to participate in the March4Schools rally. Thousands of people were there — I couldn't tell how many thousands — making noise about the importance of adequate funding for schools. More on that in a later post. The most interesting moment for me was a half hour before … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I read an interesting post by Jean Edward Smith in a New York Times blog Filibusters: The Senate’s Self-Inflicted Wound that discussed the history of the filibuster and the 60 vote cloture rule in the U.S. Senate. [President Obama] must contend with a worrisome new feature in American politics: the trivialization of … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have posted previously about how every Democratic president since FDR has created more jobs in the economy than their Republican predecessor. I recently came across this cool graphic that emphatically makes this point (h/t to Devilstower at Daily Kos). Things are going to get better children now that a Democrat is … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's twin embarrassments, "Senator Sore Loser," John McCain and "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl, really outdid themselves recently in a bit of faux outrage over earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill from 2008. Senator Sore Loser clearly has not worked through the seven stages of grief over his fellow American citizens resoundingly rejecting … Read more

by David Safier I just got word from John Brakey that the ballots from the disputed RTA election are supposed to be counted April 6. If true, this is big news. The count/don't count controversy has been raging for quite awhile now — and the word "raging" is no exaggeration. If a definitive answer about … Read more