Republic’s Pitzl out-reports Fischer
by David Safier Thank you, Mary Jo Pitzl of the Republic. Her article on the power grab by Pearce and Adams over the Redistricting Commission nominees, while not everything I think it should be, at least hints at the political nature of this blatant power grab, something Howard Fischer failed to do in the two … Read more
The Redistricting Committee nomination plot thickens (sickens?)
by David Safier This from the teaser for an Arizona Guardian article which I can't read because it's subscription only: GOP threatens lawsuit over redistricting panel By Mary K. Reinhart The Arizona GuardianGOP legislative leaders Tuesday called on a state commission to reconsider its nominations to a new redistricting panel or face a lawsuit. The … Read more
G.I., ALEC call for Constitutional Convention to create fed debt ceiling
by David Safier Once you read this, you lose the right to say you didn't know this was coming. The Goldwater Institute has been floating trial balloons recently about convening a Constitutional Convention. It's no biggie, G.I. says, the Founders expected us to do this kind of thing every few years. What G.I. wants is … Read more
How home-school is our new Senate Ed Committee chair?
by David Safier Craig didn't cross-post this from his Random Musings blog, but it deserves some mention here. Incoming Senate Education Chair Rich Crandall is pushing the EGUMPP Grammar Bowl. EGUMPP targets the home schooling market, and the man who developed the product, Bob Safran, gave the max contribution to Crandall's Senate campaign committee. Watch … Read more
I can’t decide whether this should make me feel better
by David Safier David Leonhardt, writing in the NY Times, describes some of the 20th century yelling and screaming over every expansion of the safety net. He begins with a who-said-this quote which happens to be Reagan's statement against Medicare in the 1960s: “We are against forcing all citizens, regardless of need, into a compulsory … Read more
The Right keeps doing it, because it works
by David Safier So, Pearce and Adams don't like the way things are going during the nominating process for the Redistricting Commission. What do they do? They accuse one of the people on the screening panel of attacking Christianity because he asked one potential nominee whether he respected the separation of church and state. What … Read more
Mitt Romney continues to demonstrate his ignorance on just about any topic
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mitt Romney, the one-term governor (at least he completed his term) of Massachusetts, he of the individual insurance mandate RomneyCare state health insurance plan from which the individual insurance mandate of the GOP-disparaged "ObamaCare" health insurance plan borrowed heavily (individual insurance mandates originated with the GOP health insurance reform plan of the 1990s – it was … Read more
