Another CD 8 Candidate Forum
KVOA News 4 asked each of the Democratic Candidates what they thought the #1 issue was. Many of the answers staked out familiar territory and conformed pretty closely to the crosstabs of every poll on the race I’ve seen: Iraq (Rodriguez), Healthcare (Weiss), Immigration (Johnson). Every candidate had their own issue they were trying to … Read more
20 Questions with Susan Friedman, Democrat for Congress in Arizona’s CD 1
Susan Friedman is running for Congress. She is seeking the Democratic nomination in Congressional District 1 to square off with incumbent Republican Dick Renzi in November. The following biography was provided by the Friedman campaign. I interviewed Susan via email with a questionaire than included 20 key questions. No follow up questions were asked. If … Read more
Blowing the Whistle on Lockheed Coast Guard Contracting
Another tragic example of how the fascist impulse of the GOP is fostering and covering up incompentence and corruption in government operations. We are all put at risk when the whole government seems all too willing to pull together to cover each other’s asses, but not those of our service men and women putting their … Read more
Nuclear Energy Forum, Sat. Sept. 2nd, 2pm
Nuclear Power: An Economic Threat to the United States What: A Talk on the costs of nuclear power by Russell Lowes at the Common Sense Forum. When: Saturday, September 2, 2006 – The talk begins at 2 p.m. Refreshments with coffee (made with CAP Ambassador Blend) and society available at 1:30 PM, forum from 2:00 … Read more
Drinking Liberally 8/31
It’s time for Liberals to Drink at The Shanty, on 4th Ave. and 9th St., in downtown Tucson, starting a 6pm. This week our Special Guest is Congressonal Candidate for CD 8 Jeff Latas. Jeff will be joining us about 8pm due to other commitments. Our new book club, Reading Liberally will be meeting, Wednesday, … Read more
Pederson Closing on Kyl
The WSJ.com reports that Pederson (44.2%) is now well within margin of error (+/- 3.7% at 95% confidence) of Kyl (48.3%) and the trend of polling is clearly continuing to close the gap. That result means that Pederson could well be in the lead, though it is certainly more likely that Kyl retains a few … Read more
Arizona CD 8 Democratic Candidates Forum
An hour-long forum featuring the Democratic candidates for Congress from Arizona’s district 8. Hosted by Bill Buckmaster. Let the softballs fly!!!
