Kirk Adams and Sal DiCiccio pass on the Kool-Aid in favor of a tall glass of Whine
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings On Thursday, the Goldwater Institute, Arizona's corporate lobbyist organization masquerading as a right wing "think tank," will host Steven Greenhut, the writer of the anti-worker propaganda tome book called Plunder: How Public Employee Unions are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives and Bankrupting the Nation. The "special guests" on … Read more
LD-26 goes Democratic!
by David Safier Misleading Headline Alert (by which one renders a misleading headline acceptable): The headline is talking about U.S. House District 26 in New York. Any resemblance to Arizona's LD-26 may be purely coincidental. Then again . . . Democrat Kathy Hochul shouldn't have stood a chance in hell. Democrats never — Never! — … Read more
AZ GOP’s Big Budget Lie
By Michael Bryan All you hear recently from the State Capital is how they "balanced the budget for the first time in years". The GOP leadership claims to have closed the budget deficit. Bullshit. Their budget relies on over $200 million in cuts to the state Medicare program (AHCCCS) which are blatantly unconstitutional under Arizona's … Read more
American Auto Rescue an American Success Story
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama administration rescued the American automotive industry, in one of the president’s biggest but under-reported success stories. Political Animal – Turning the auto bailout into a winning issue: The new goal is to not only let voters know about this, but use it to boost Obama’s standing in states like Michigan, … Read more
Charts to explain the budget deficit debate
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The deficit peacocks are all squacking that we need to cut discretionary social spending and entitlement programs (social security and Medicare), while simultaneously saying that defense budget cuts are off the table and tax increases are off the table. These deficit peacocks are not serious about deficit reduction. They only have an … Read more
Update: T-Paw’s Flaws
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former Republican governor of Minnesota Arne Carlson is a man on a mission. He wants the world to know the truth about former Republican governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty. He is not the mythical figure that the Washingtom media villagers and Beltway bloviators are creating. T-Paw's record is not what he claims. Arne Carlson was a … Read more
Former Palin aide pens tell-all book – Tuesday release
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Oh dear God, this is all the chattering class will want to talk about for the next week. AP Exclusive: Former Palin aide pens tell-all: "Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years" is due out Tuesday and based on tens of thousands of emails that Bailey said he … Read more
