Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Hail Mary pass" GOP write-in candidate for mayor of Tucson "Rio Nuevo" Rick Grinnell proved that he is not ready for prime time with this interview in the Arizona Daily Star on Wednesday Garbage pickup every 2 weeks proposed, in which he touched the third-rail of Tucson politics – trash: Advertisement Aside … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Greg Sargent writes: "This must-watch clip of Elizabeth Warren aggressively rebutting the GOP’s “class warfare” charge is burning up the internet, and once you watch it, you’ll understand why." Class warfare, Elizabeth Warren style – The Plum Line: Warren’s camp tells me the event took place in Andover, Massachusetts last month, and … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tea-Publican leadership in Congress, once again, sent a letter to Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke telling him not to do anything that might help the economic recovery. Today, Bernanke rejected the Tea-Publican demands by putting his "country first." Steve Benen explains the sordid details in a series of posts. Political Animal … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ruh-Roh! This has all the appearances of campaign finance law violations: campaign kickbacks and campaign expenditures that are not qualified expenditures, all to create "phantom" donations in order to qualify for public money matching funds from Tucson's clean elections system. Somebody's got some splainin' to do! Press release from the Pima County Demcoratic Party: … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The new reality TV series "Survivor – GOP Presidential Primary" returns for a new episode Thursday night, returning to FAUX News Fraudcasting, and is cosponsored by Google and the Florida Republican Party from Orlando, Florida on September 22 at 9:00 p.m. ET. You can Submit questions to the September 22nd Fox News/Google … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This is why I believe the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) was wise to have legal counsel hire Bruce Adelson, a former Department of Justice Civil Rights Section compliance attorney, as a consultant for Voting Rights Act compliance. Mr. Adelson's team of compliance attorneys at the DOJ objected to the redistricting plan submitted by … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona Attorney General Tom "banned for life by the SEC " Horne's politcally motivated legal challenge to the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act has been exposed for the frivolous "junk lawsuit" that it is by a federal judge in Alabama. This is just the latest in a long series of precedents … Read more