by David Safier By a happy accident (he said, tongue planted firmly in cheek), the newly scheduled GOP debate in Phoenix will be in town the same time as ALEC's States & Nations Policy Summit. Advertisement The ALEC event is November 30-December 2. The debate will be December 1. ALEC. The Republican Party. Corporate influence. … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I posted the other day, AIRC Update: the Commission takes a major step backwards: A motion was [made Tuesday] to proceed with the Chair's "donut" map as the working map, and commissioner's reluctantly agreed to move forward with the Chair's "donut" map as the working map, expressing their reservations on the … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …Of course, since those are hardly mutually exclusive conditions, it could easily be both… Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association (NRA) has recently ratcheted up the paranoia-speak. He's been telling people (not just the NRA's "true believers") that President Obama is coming after their guns.  … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …No, I'm not talking about betting on which candidate will "win" the debate.  Nope, I'm talking about what AZ tea party types will do to top previous debate audiences. They've got approximately two months to come up with something really out there – the debate is tentatively scheduled … Read more

by David Safier More from the campaign that can't shoot count straight. Jennifer Rawson, whose campaign either was incompetent or borderline criminal in asking for matching funds for $2,650 in "contributions" even though the "contributors" were reimbursed, has now apparently taken a larger-than-legal contribution from someone named Klaus Axen. Rawson's campaign lists a total of … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "King" Russell Pearce's stalking horse "sham" candidate, Olivia Cortes, took the stand today in the case of election fraud brought against her by a Mesa resident. Ms. Cortes has evaded voters and the media who have wanted to speak with her about her "campaign" for weeks, not something an actual "candidate" would ever do. In … Read more

by David Safier It seems the mystery has been solved about City Council candidate Jennifer Rawson's "You pay me, I pay you" scheme. According to the Weekly, the "contributors" purchased campaign signs for her, and she reimbursed them. Sounds legit, right? But it's not so legit when you put in for matching funds for "contributions" … Read more