Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In a previous post, I gave you the expert analyis of the 14th Amendment by law professor Jack Balkin at the Balkinization blog.  Under What Circumstances Can The President Ignore the Debt Ceiling?: The Fourteenth Amendment imposes a constitutional duty on both the President and Congress not to act in such a way … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Washington Post columnist Richard Cohen,a man of solid conservative credentials (albeit he would be described as an "establishment" conservative by the radicalized far-right) has a problem with the Tea Party taking the country hostage to achieve their political objectives. Buried within his opinion is this remarkable paragraph: Cohen sees the specter of totalitarianism in … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from the Pima County Democratic Party: Pima County Democratic PartyandRed Cross of Southern Arizona Blood Drive Friday, August 19, 201110:00 am – 3:00 pm Call Headquarters TODAY to Make Your Appointment! 520-326-3716 The Red Cross is also offering some great incentives this time around including: All donors will receive a coupon … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The U.S. Senate just voted to approve the federal debt ceiling bill approved by the House on Monday. It now goes to the president for his signature. Senate Clears Debt Deal : Roll Call News: The Senate passed the $2.1 trillion budget package Tuesday on a 74-26 vote, capping months of grueling … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The White Mountain Independent has a good profile piece on Wenona Benally Baldenegro, candidate for Congress in CD 1. Baldenegro challenges Kirkpatrick – White Mountain Independent: Wenona Benally Baldenegro… [a] Flagstaff attorney, originally from Kayenta on the Navajo reservation, is touring the district in preparation for her primary challenge to former Rep. Ann … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: 2010 Democratic congressional candidate Herb Paine says in this opinion what many of us have been discussing privately among ourselves. It is currently available on The Arizona Guardian but may be subscriber blocked soon. Guardian Contributor Herb Paine – Ceding the Sensible Center: Crisis at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: How is it that … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week I took to task Bennie White, the husband of the immediate past chairwoman of the Pima County Republican Party, Judy White, and a politico in the Pima County and Arizona Republican Party in his own right, for his shrill partisan letter to the Arizona Daily Star asserting "I don't have a … Read more