By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Tom Horne, Arizona's Republican Attorney General (and a likely candidate for governor in 2014) has established a rather interesting pattern when determining what matters are worthy of his office's attention – Advertisement – In response to Republican AZ Senate president Russell Pearce creating a "blacklist" barring certain political dissenters from the … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in June, Republican Tucson City Council candidate Tyler Vogt "filed a public records request to get the email addresses of folks receiving updates from council members." Political Notebook (June 26, 2011): Democrat Paul Cunningham told constituents in his newsletter he thought that was inappropriate since the newsletter is for ward-business only. … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Weeper of the House, John Boehner, and the leader of the Tea Party economic suicide squad, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, waited until the stock exchange closed on Friday before announcing late this afternoon that they are breaking off negotiations with the White House on raising the federal debt ceiling before House … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Statement issued by the White House. Statement by the President on Certification of Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell | The White House: The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release                                                                   July 22, 2011 Statement by the President on Certification of Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell Today, we have … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted certified a referendum on Senate Bill 5 for the Nov. 8 ballot on Thursday. SB 5 makes the ballot; stage is set for battle | The Columbus Dispatch: Husted reported at noon that 915,456 valid signatures of Ohio voters had been collected, far exceeding the 231,147 … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this week, the Tea-Publican House voted 234-190 for the GOP's Gimmicks-R-Us "cut, cap and balance" amendment. As I pointed out at the time, "the vote did not even come close to the two-thirds majority vote required to pass a constitutional amendment in Congress. This was simply a symbolic vote for Tea-Publicans … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It appears that in this GOP manufactured crisis over the federal debt ceiling that it is the Tax Fairy, Grover Norquist, who was the first to blink in this game of brinksmanship. And we have the Washington Post editorial board of all people to thank for it. Special thanks to Ruth Marcus. A … Read more