Tom Horne charged with elections law violations
UPDATE 10/30: The Arizona Education Association just issued a press release announcing that it has filed two complaints with the Maricopa County Elections Department regarding these incidents on behalf of their over 32,000 members. This is good news. A good scandal seems to be the only way to get voters to seriously consider a down-ticket … Read more
Resignation of 3 AZ GOP Mayors Demanded for Endorsing Napolitano
AZ Republic: 3 GOP mayors asked to quit. GOP leaders from Legislative District 4 on Friday called for the resignations of three West Valley mayors, all registered Republicans, because of their endorsement of Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat… Conservative members hope to pressure those holding more moderate views to remain silent in deference to Len … Read more
Bill Maher Puts America In Its Place
Why are comedians recently the only ones who seem to be telling the whole, unvarnished truth about politics? I think it may be because the truth is so bad, that it’s either going to make you laugh, or it’s going to make you cry. Nobody wants to listen to the version that comes with tears, … Read more
Project Use it or Lose it in Arizona
Moveon.org has joined with Chris Bowers of MyDD.com to push safe incumbents to open their warchests to fund newly competitive districts. The chief target for this effort in Arizona is Ed Pastor. He has only token Republican opposition, in the form of the risable perennial candidate Don Karg, and has over a million bucks in … Read more
Kyl’s Distortions of Pederson’s Business Dealings
I’m sure many of you have seen the ad by Kyl attacking Pederson’s honesty over a form that Kyl alleges was an attempt to defraud investors. My Mom saw it, and a doubt was planted in her mind as to Pederson’s honesty. I had to reassure her that the attack was utter bullshit before she … Read more
The Real American Immigration Consensus
Link: Foreign Affairs – Immigration Nation. It is not always apparent in the mainstream media what Americans really think about immigration. We see crosstabs on polling suggesting that immigration is the most important issue to voters by pluralities as much as 45%. It makes quite an impression when only 10-15% cite the war in Iraq. … Read more
Michael J. Fox Takes on Conservative Blowhards
I love this man. It’s just that simple…
