McCain Plays Fast and Loose With Education Alliances
by David Safier You can sum up McCain’s education policy by saying he’s for school vouchers and . . . well, that’s about it. He also wants merit pay and he likes the idea of higher salaries for teachers working in difficult schools, but those are on the periphery. It’s all vouchers all the time … Read more
Kos Mulls McCain Ranch Theme
by David Safier Maybe the McCain Ranch idea is catching on. Kos noted it in his Midday open thread. “Was McCain really trying to pretend he has a ranch?” he asks and links to an article in The Washington Independent, McCain’s Cowboy Persona. The writer, John Dougherty, once worked for the Phoenix New Times and … Read more
McCain Ranch: Arm Wrestling with Stephanopolous
by David Safier When George Stephanopolous sat down with McCain for an interview at his ranch, the scenes at left are what they wanted you to see. But my intrepid photographer hid behind a boar’s head at the side of the room. (The boar was threatening John’s cattle, he had no choice but to shoot … Read more
2% Tax Levied on TUSD Teachers to Keep Schools Open
by David Safier (TASL) OK, so the headline is a bit deceptive. Teachers aren’t really being asked to pay extra taxes. What’s happening is that teachers and the rest of the staff at Tucson schools will be getting no raises this year. I estimate it will cost about 2% more to live this year than … Read more
McCain adviser’s horrifying Iraq track record
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Neoconservative Randy Scheunemann serves as John McCain’s chief foreign policy aide and spokesman. "Not only does he have McCain’s ear, he also has a track record of being consistently wrong on the major foreign policy question of the day – Iraq. Of all the hawkish Washington foreign-policy types pushing both before and … Read more
McCain does not speak for his own campaign
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On This Week with George Stephanopoulos this past Sunday, John McCain was asked about his plans to fix Social Security – a program McCain has called "an absolute disgrace" even though he continues to cash his monthly Social Security checks (C’mon John, Social Security may be an entitlement program, but you have … Read more
Daily Kos ♥’s Blog for Arizona! We ♥ you back!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this week Michael Bryan and others at this blog were contacted by Daily Kos editor Smintheus for assistance with background information for a post about John McCain in Arizona. We were happy to oblige. The analysis by Smintheus is excellent Daily Kos: John McCain’s Arizona problem (with links to Blog for … Read more
