House Minority Leader Chad Campbell Speaking Against The Report by The Tea-Publican Committee to Interfere With the AIRC
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: House Minority Leader Chad Campbell speaking against the report by the Tea-Publican Committee to Interfere With the AIRC.
Arizona Republic editorial condemns the abuse of power by Governor Brewer and her Star Chamber
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Speaking of the Arizona Republic, kudos for this editorial opinion today GOP tramples redistricting: Gov. Jan Brewer and Senate Republicans ran roughshod over the public on Tuesday. In a slam-bang special session, they threw out the chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. They trampled a process that voters approved in 2000 … Read more
The wrong way and right way to report the abuse of power by Governor Brewer and her Star Chamber
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services provides news content to many of Arizona's news outlets, including our sad small-town newspaper the Arizona Daily Star. Fischer has been publishing what would appear to be nothing more than publisher PR press releases for Jan Brewer's new book "Scorpions for Breakfast" for several months now, … Read more
Al Melvin: Removal of Mathis not about political power
by David Safier In an online article in the Explorer about the latest Republican redistricting power grab, Al Melvin asserts butter does not melt in his mouth. Melvin said the vote to remove Mathis was not about political power, but about doing what’s right as the process to redraw the state’s legislative and congressional districts … Read more
Governor Goodhair Rick Perry’s Spicoli Moment
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There has been quite a "buzz" about Governor Goodhair Rick Perry’s unusually expressive 2012 speech in New Hampshire last week. One pundit whose name I do not recall now described it as Rick Perry's "Spicoli Moment." For those of you too young to remember, Jeff Spicoli is the stoner character in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). Here … Read more
Willard ‘Mittens’ Romney gets hit from the right and the left in new ads
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This shameless shapeshifter deserves it, really. Willard "Mittens" Romney gets hit from the right and the left in new ads. Last week, former Utah governor Jon Huntsman slammed Romney as a “perfectly lubricated weathervane,” followed soon after by this video highlighting some of the former Massachusetts governor’s recent flip-flops. As Steve Benen noted, … Read more
Only one party is serious about a jobs plan
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: According to experts, the Obama jobs plan would create jobs, and the GOP jobs plan, well, wouldn’t. What a Jobs Plan Looks Like | The White House blog.
