The Questions Timby and Gabby Are Afraid to Answer
Once Timby made his intention to challenge Gabby for her office official, the Democratic Party issued 10 pointed, and sometimes snarky (not that I’m in any position to cast stones on the subject of snarkiness…), questions for him to answer.
Less well reported, Gabby was asked 9 pointed questions by Democracy For America’s Tucson chapter, an organization born of the Dean campaign of 2003-4 that has become a central organizing force in the populist progressive wing of the Democratic party. She sent a blanket reply that DFA members judged to be essentially non-responsive to their questions and unacceptable.
So, we have the interesting situation of the candidates of both parties refusing to engage the questions of Democrats. I guess Timby and Gabby at least have in common contempt for the questions of uppity Democrats.
See the 19 questions after the flip…
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Hope, MLK and Barak Obama
Lena Saradnik Passes the Torch
Lena sent a letter to her supporters in LD 26. It included the news that Cheryl Cage will be seeking a seat on the Oro Valley Marana town council in the May 2009.
Full text after the jump…
Tim Bee’s Big Surprise
Tim Bee stunned the Arizona political scene with a completely unexpected announcement that he is challenging Gabby Giffords for the CD 8 Congressional seat.
Seriously, though, Tim made it official — he’s in. I know, I was there. And, no, I didn’t get tazed, Bro.
It was the kind of non-news news event one expects in the kabuki dance of American politics. But there were a few interesting bits.
Much more after the flip…
Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer Draws a Line in the Sand on RealID
Sponsors Back-Pedalling on Employer Sanctions
Link: Employer sanctions law challenged by sponsors.
Looks like a number of Republicans are getting crosswise on the employer sanctions law now that it has taken effect and real enforcement actions seem imminent, threatening to put good, upstanding (and possibly Republican) businessmen on skid row.
This issue just screams DEMOCRATIC WEDGE ISSUE FOR 2008 STATE LEGISLATIVE RACES at the top of its lungs. I hope it’s not too much longer before every other word coming out of the Arizona Democratic Party’s mouth-piece is "employer sanctions." You don’t get monumental political fuck-ups like this dropped in your lap every day, you know.
Much more after the flip…
