Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Apparently Stephen Colbert is going to use his Super PAC, "Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow," to air parody ads of the presidential candidates. Colbert Super PAC | Making a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow | ColbertSuperPac.com. His first ad is for Governor Rick Perry: "Episode IV: A New Hope," asking voters in the Ames Straw Poll to … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Alex Koppelman makes an excellent point in a post at Salon.com that the feckless media villagers should read. If Rick Perry is seriously a presidential front-runner there's something wrong with all of us – Rick Perry: Rick Perry is running for president, probably. The Texas governor is going to New Hampshire and … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Those of us who hail from Minnesota already know Michele Bachmann as the "Minnesota Loon," but the rest of the nation just getting to know this wingnut needs to read up. The New Yorker has a lengthy piece on Michele Bachmann by Ryan Lizza, Leap of Faith: The making of a Republican front-runner: … Read more

by David Safier In a reasonably good article about ALEC in the Capitol Times (subscription only), the reporter allowed Russell Smoldon, who the article says is both "Arizona’s private sector ALEC chair" and "Salt River Project lobbyist," to compare ALEC with the National Conference of State Legislatures. Smoldon said NCSL is "somewhat Democratic-oriented," which means … Read more

by David Safier Voter fraud skeptics, we now have incontrovertable proof. Two people voted illegally in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, in 2009, according to the Coeur d'Alene Press (h/t to the Capitol Times). Who were these illegal voters? Ronald Prior and Susan Harris. I know, those don't sound like the names of illegal aliens. They're probably … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's official — the really terrible idea of a bipartisan "Super Congress" or "Super Committee" is doomed to failure. Let's just call it right now and not waste any valuable time we do not have to waste on this farce.  The TanMan, Weeper of the House John Boehner, and the "Septuagenarian Ninja Turtle" … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As Maxwell Smart would say: Missed it by that much After tens of millions of dollars spent by outside interest groups, dozens of attack ads and exhaustive get-out-the-vote efforts, Democrats on Tuesday fell short of their goal of taking control of the state Senate and stopping the agenda of Gov. Scott Walker. … Read more