by David Safier Words matter, and so do attributions, especially when you're attributing words to Abraham Lincoln. Advertisement So I'll ask Herman Cain and Cap'n Al Melvin, who said the following words? (Too late to ask Ronald Reagan, obviously, though he used the words in his 1992 speech at the Republican National Convention.) "You can't … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted last week about the coordinated media assault on the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) by FAIR Trust (the Arizona Republican Caucus), whining that the congressional "draft map" is unfair to Republicans because it creates only four "safe" GOP districts, two majority-minority Voting Rights Act districts that favor democrats, and three … Read more

by David Safier Ask Darrell Issa. It's the scandal of the century. Obama's ATF goons let guns walk across the border to Mexico as part of the wrong-headed Operation Fast and Furious. Never in the history of this nation has . . . No other president would ever allow . . . Well, never in … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings The NRA is proving that when it comes to lobbying state legislatures, persistence is almost as important as money, as is the patience to take small bites.  (Not that lots of money hurts. :)  ) Perhaps it's the old saw about repeating a lie often enough that it becomes fact … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricitng Commission (AIRC) has announced the schedule for Round Two of public hearings around the state. If you have not previously attended any hearings, these hearings will be your last opportunity to make your voice heard. Round two of AIRC Public Outreach Meetings Download PDF Meetings are subject to … Read more

by David Safier This will be my last post on the Bloomberg News story, Koch Brothers Flout Law Getting Richer With Secret Iran Sales. I've broken my coverage of the story into four posts (here are one, two and three), because each individual instance of corporate greed and illegality deserves coverage. But the overall "preponderance … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "[N]o religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States." – Article VI, United States Constitution The Tea-Publicans like to beat their chests and loudly proclaim that they are "constitutionalists," but they believe in the cafeteria plan of picking and choosing only those … Read more