Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The four Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate squared off in a radio debate on Arizona Edition (NPR), KAWC in Yuma. You can listed to the entire debate at Arizona Edition: KAWC (scroll down). Advertisement UPDATE: Coverage from the YumaSun: The four candidates — Cathy Eden, John Dougherty, Randy Parraz and Rodney Glassman … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanmie: The U.S. Department of Justice challenge to SB 1070 has its first hearing in U.S. District Court today. Major SB 1070 challenges being heard today: U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton has scheduled a morning hearing on four requests in the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and several other civil-rights … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a meeting with several reporters Wednesday afternoon, House Minority Leader John Boehner outlined the top three measures he'd pursue if he becomes Speaker of the House next Congress to create new jobs. But, those who thought he'd outline specific programs and how they would create jobs were disappointed with a familiar … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the White House blog The Top 10 Things You May Not Know About the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Here are 10 aspects of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act you may not know about — the online attention-deficit version. Stronger protections for consumers against unfair credit … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: How is it possible that Michael Steele still has a job? What does it take to get fired? The Republican Party's national organizing body failed to report more than $7 million in debt to federal election officials this year, making it appear to be in better shape than it was as mid-term … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The GOP's "Gimmicks-R-Us" shop that crafted a sunset provision into the Bush tax cuts to get around using the reconciliation process to double the national debt in eight years is coming back to bite them at the end of this year. An expiration of a law is not the same as enacting … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Daily Kos has begun a new series on income inequality in America. Here are the highlights from the first post. The rich get richer… The Nation's recent six-author collection on inequality in America provides a good beginning – only a beginning – for a comprehensive debate to and fro about inequality, and, … Read more