Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday delivered President Obama the Borg Collective imperative: "We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Your biological and technological distinctiveness will be added to our own. Resistance is futile." In encounters with aliens the Borg exhibit no desire for negotiation or reason, only to assimilate. … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Republican Leaders Senate Sen. Russell Pearce, Senate President Senator-elect Scott Bundgaard, Majority Leader Sen. Steve Pierce, Majority Whip House Rep. Kirk Adams, House Speaker Rep. Andy Tobin, Majority Leader Rep. Debbie Lesko, Majority Whip Democratic Leaders Senate Senator-elect David Schapira, Minority Leader Sen. Leah Landrum Taylor, Assistant Minority Leader Sen. Paula Aboud, … Read more

Russell Pearce released his triumphant statement upon his election to the Senate and selection as Majority Leader. It's the usual platitudes of a man drunk on power – nothing much of interest. I love this bit, "Leadership, practiced at its best, is the art and science of calling to the hearts and minds of others." … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Secretary of State's web site was last updated 11/4/2010 5:22:18 PM. Congressional District 7 Congressional District 8 Congressman Grijalva has approximately a 6,000 vote lead and the Associated Press has projected him the winner. Democrat Raul Grijalva wins re-election – East Valley Tribune. Congresswoman Giffords has increased her lead to … Read more

by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings   In the least surprising news rising from the aftermath of Tuesday's elections, Russell Pearce (R-National Alliance) was elected by the R caucus to be the president of the Arizona State Senate.  A couple of other senators (Yarbrough, Pierce) were mentioned as being interested, but the only thing … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Secretary of State's web site was last updated 11/4/2010 12:13:17 PM. Congressional District 7   Congressional District 8   As you can see, Congressman Grijalva has approximately a 4,000 vote lead and Congresswoman Giffords has approximately a 2,300 vote lead. Pima County Democratic Party Chairman Jeff Rogers says that he … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Just as I predicted when the Legislature enacted the "Jan Sham Budget" earlier this year with the GOP gimmicks of Props. 301 and 302 to "balance" the state budget, voters resoundingly rejected these propositions by approximately 70% of the vote — exposing the "sham" of Jan Brewer's "balanced" budget. Tuesday's defeat of … Read more