I’m encouraged that both Pederson and Giffords are demonstrating the importance of undermining the middle- to low-income appeal of GOP tax policy by offering populist programmes of their own. Pederson has proposed the bolder plan by recommending a revenue neutral 25% cut in payroll taxes (pdf). Now if Pederson’s IT team would just make the … Read more

This post is a magnet for pre-meeting discussion and resources for our inaugural meeting of Reading Liberally on Wednesday Oct. 4th at 7:30 PM at Bookmans on Speedway and Wilmot. We will be discussing John W. Dean‘s "Conservatives without Conscience". First, it is recommended that you have read the book. It is available at booksellers … Read more

The Democratic Party released a statement today demanding that Randy Graf return any money raised for him by Speaker Dennis Hastert, on the grounds that Hastert covered up a pedophillic sex scandal involving Florida Representative Foley for a year. "The Republican leadership has admitted that Dennis Hastert knew about Foley’s disturbing and dangerous behavior for … Read more

Thought provoking study of the damage done by the hetero lifestyle: The Heterosexual Agenda: Exposing The Myths.

Jeff Latas has accepted the position of Chairman of the Sonora PDA. In recent years, southern Arizona Democrats has spawned a litter of competing, and often mutually antagonistic, progressive organizations. It is the classic pattern of American progressive politics becoming so fractious and divided by ideoogy and personality that the entire movement is mooted as … Read more

Link: Tucson Weekly Blog: CD 8 Poll: Giffords Leads Graf. Yet further confirmation of the stability and magnitude of Giffords’ lead over Graf. This Wick poll was taken between Sept 20th and 23rd and has an MOE of 4.3%. This Wick poll shows an 18 point lead for Giffords, at 52% to 34% with 10% … Read more

Via EV Tribune: Bush to speak for Renzi campaign. Bush is coming to Snottsdale to do some fundraising for embattled GOP incumbent Dick Renzi, who is receiving a surprisingly stiff challenge from Democrat Ellen Simon. I guess nobody should really surprised that Dick is holding the $500 a head fundraiser outside his own district. Most … Read more