by David Safier For years, the electronic voting companies have kept the codes that run their voting systems a deep, dark secret, saying it was propriety information — essentially making our elections wholly owned subsidiaries of private companies. Advertisement But Riverside County requests for the code have borne fruit, according to Brad Blog. The code … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Media villagers and Beltway bloviators inform us of their conventional wisdom (CW) that Republicans will enjoy a mid-term election resurgence in 2010. First of all, when was the last time that CW was correct? Anyone? That's what I thought. Secondly, the Beltway media elites have always shilled for the GOP, win … Read more

by David Safier Last night I wrote about the frightening number of death threats Obama receives, 4 times more than any previous president. To say racism isn't involved is ludicrous, unless you think any Democratic president who sat in the White House right now and had a similar agenda would get the same number of … Read more

by David Safier Last week I broke tradition and put my Explorer column on BfA, the one about Jefferson's "Tree of liberty" quote that is beloved to lots of wingnuts. Over at the Explorer, I got more comments than I think I've ever received, and none of the commenters are all too fond of me. … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Negotiations are under way at the state capitol for a November special session to deal with the issue of state agency funding. I will have more when, or if, a special session is confirmed and there are more details. Meanwhile, in a rare moment of candor, the Accidental Governor has acknowledged that … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rhonda Bodfield, an accomplished political reporter who was recently assigned to cover local politics by the Arizona Daily Star (in addition to her education reporting assignment), dutifully reported in advance that the League of Women Voters would be holding a forum on the Tucson ballot propositions on Monday. Political notebook So I expected … Read more

by David Safier Remember during the presidential primaries, how the government gave Obama Secret Service protection earlier than any candidate in history? It was because he received many more death threats than any presidential primary candidate in history. Couldn't have anything to do with race, could it? I don't know what else it could have … Read more