Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Digby at Hullabaloo warns what the Tea-Publicans have in store for the country: Advertisement I've been tracking the Republicans' strategic decoupling of the deficit and taxes recently and here's the latest tactic: NEW REIGN, NEW RULES: CUT/GO: No surprise here, but the new House Republican rules package for the 112th Congress will include … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republicans holding America's unemployed hostage in exchange for continuing the Bush tax cuts for the "two percenters" and the sweetener of the Jon Kyl-Blanche Lincoln "Paris Hilton Amendment" reducing the estate tax finally got what they wanted Thursday night. The House approved the Obama-McConnell tax cut compromise by a vote of 277 to … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen writes at The Washington Monthly today: This morning, I joined a conference call with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), who are helping take the lead with their proposed "constitutional option." The plan, roughly: on January 5, when votes are taken to organize the Senate, get 51 votes to … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Contributor to Blog for Arizona and my friend, Brig. Gen. Ret. John Adams, wrote this op/ed on DADT repeal for the Arizona Daily Star back in August 2009. Op Ed: Arizona Daily Star, Brigadier General John Adams | Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: Time for US to let gays serve openly in military … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6520, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010," by a vote of 250-175. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi worked her tactical magic in passing the bill. Senate Democrats Try New Route to Repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': For procedural reasons aimed at circumnavigating … Read more

by David Safier I mentioned the other day that Tucson's own Brigadier General John Adams (retired) had an excellent interview about START on MSNBC a week or so ago. Yesterday, John Kerry quoted Adams on the Rachel Maddow Show to emphasize why the Senate should work past Christmas if need be to ratify START: "[John … Read more

by David Safier Jim Nintzel at the Weekly has once again shown himself to be the most astute and knowledgeable journalist in the Tucson area, and one of the better journalists in the state. His Skinny piece about the Redistricting Commission nonsense — the blatant interference in the process by Republicans Adams and Pearce — … Read more