Redistricting and other updates: 1st court proceeding set for January 18
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As most observers of the AZ political scene are already aware, the lawsuits over redistricting have already started, even before the actual redistricting process has begun. Advertisement The first lawsuit was filed by Kirk Adams and Russell Pearce, Speaker of the Arizona House and President-elect of the Arizona Senate, … Read more
Update: Senate filibuster reform gaining momentum
Posted by AzblueMeanie: Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) today writes about his proposal for reforming the Senate rules, in particular the filibuster rule. Tom Udall – A Senate new year's resolution: Fixing a broken set of rules: On [January 5, 2011] my colleagues and I will introduce common-sense proposals to fix the source of our dysfunction … Read more
Fitz beat me to it
by David Safier I woke up this morning thinking, the Republican war on Ethnic Studies is just the kind of thing that should be studied in Ethnic Studies. Then I see Fitz's cartoon this morning, which is worth more than a thousand of my words. So I'll let him do the talking.
Six degrees of Sarah Palin and the weird world of dentistry
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Talking Points Memo has a story about Arizona's newest congressman, Paul Gosar. The Palin-Loving World Of Alaska Dentistry And The 112th Congress: Rep.-elect Paul Gosar (R-AZ), who just hired two friends of Sarah Palin's to his staff, is a dentist. His two new Alaskan hires are Rob Robinson, a retired dentist who … Read more
The GOP Gimmicks-R-Us Shop: Opening Day of Congress
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Nobody, and I mean nobody, does gimmicks as much as the GOP. The GOP Gimmicks-R-Us shop has Two new rules will give Constitution a starring role in GOP-controlled House for opening day of the 112th Congress: When Republicans take over the House [this] week, they will do something that apparently has never been done before in the … Read more
‘The first default in history caused purely by insanity’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Whether you view this as the next hostage taking by the GOP, or as a dangerous game of chicken by uninformed Tea-Publicans, the manufactured crisis of raising the federal debt ceiling portends trouble because serious adults who are cognizant of their responsibility to govern wisely are in short supply in the Republican … Read more
Brewer denied AZ Death Panels before she acknowledged them
by David Safier Brewer's I'll-say-whatever-fits-the-moment style of politics is well known. Here's an example that bears repeating on inauguration day. (I'm not the first to blog about this. Craig was all over it weeks ago). The Capitol Times laid this out clearly. When Brewer was questioned about her decision to deny transplants to Arizonans, she … Read more
