The CD 8 Gender Gap
Why is it that there is not a single female GOP candidate in CD 8, yet fully half of the Democrats, three out of six – Patty Weiss, Gabby Giffords, and Francine Shacter – are women? Why is the GOP incapable of fielding even one female candidate for one of the most competitive races in … Read more
Ted Downing and the Rio Nuevo Project Reauthorization
The Facts In the contentious LD 28 Senate primary race, the recent successful reauthorization of Rio Nuevo has been fashioned into a sort of political litmus test for loyalty to Tucson’s interests. Paula Aboud has repeatedly accused Ted Downing of not supporting the reauthorization, even though he voted for the final bill. This has been … Read more
Why can’t we all be Japanese?
Why can’t we all be Japanese? A very interesting essay, though a bit discursive into unrelated theological matters, introduces a major new cross-cultural study of the correlations between belief in the divine, and violence and sexual behavior. The counter-inuitive, and politically provocative, conclusion of the study is that there is a strong positive correlation between … Read more
Steve Huffman, Arizona Minuteman
So I was watching Stevie Huffman’s immigration-centric ad, and one image in particular struck me: We have Stevie, on his knees, in the dark (maybe near a lonely freeway rest stop somewhere), delicately holding a big, hard, shiny phallic object, and looking quite winsome. Then it struck me: Stevie really has become Jim Kolbe. Oh, … Read more
PSA: Learn to Identify the Symptoms of a Stroke
I received this through the Democratic Party network. I think it is important. My own mother died of a stroke. The minute it takes to read this could save a loved-one’s life. STROKE IDENTIFICATION: During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall – she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered … Read more
Gabby’s Campaign Push-Polling from Off-Shore Call Center? NO. RNCC Ratfucking.
UPDATE 8/18: I was wrong to have suspected the Giffords campaign or an uncoordinated Democratic group was behind these push polls. It is now clear that the authors of this ratfucking effort is the RNCC through several intermediaries headed by the Terrance Group with at least $381K changing hands. The universe of targets seems to … Read more
Peering Into the Future with Janet
Napolitano became first woman to Chair the National Governor’s Association at the 2006 annual meeting, a position used by both Bill Clinton and Howard Dean as a lanching pad into national politics. After an extremely successful first term during which Janet moved forward strongly her agenda to create an all day Kindergarden program and stood … Read more
