by David Safier Now that we're drawing close to the general, expect The Star to morph from mere Obama bashing to blatant Republican cheerleading. Advertisement Today's cases in point. Republicans want to make an issue of unions supporting an SB1070 boycott. Clever political ploy. (Hear that, union members, teachers and Hispanics? Republicans hate you. Get … Read more

by David Safier Now that the primaries are over and Glassman has his campaign team together, it's time for him to kick into high gear. The odds are for McCain winning the general by a sizable margin, but those are just the odds. Sometimes, if the underdog does all the right things, the stars align … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Arizona Democratic Party: Governor Brewer, cut ties to your lobbyist cartel As Arizona's working families struggle through crisis after crisis, Brewer surrounds herself with special-interest lobbyists who profit PHOENIX — It's time for Gov. Jan Brewer to cut ties with her staff of special-interest lobbyists.  They, not Brewer, … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now the urgency of the "Republicans Hate Unions" special session to rescue the "save our secret ballot" proposition is becoming clearer — it was part of a broader GOP strategy to smear unions and the working people of Arizona by tying unions to the GOP's centerpiece anti-immigrant hysteria fear mongering over SB … Read more

by David Safier For once I don't mind a headline rewrite in The Star. The paper titled Krugman's column, "Moderate GOP leaders silent as partisans overstep." The original head was It’s Witch-Hunt Season Krugman's topic is the unhinged right and its attack machine which goes after Democrats with blatant disregard for real, provable facts. The … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Chris Deschene for Secretary of State campaign: Statement of SOS Candidate Chris Deschene regarding the Green Party “Siphon Scandal” and the Secretary of State’s race “It appears that the biggest election fraud conspiracy in Arizona’s history was designed, among other things, to benefit Secretary of State Ken Bennett.  … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republican Party has a long history of voter registration fraud and voter suppression activities, see for example GOP voter registration fraud: Mark Jacoby arrested, Nathan Sproul under investigation (again), but the Arizona GOP's latest endeavor to fix an election constitutes voter fraud. You can bet you will not see this story … Read more