Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The corporatist conservadems of the DLC and Third Way, and their New Democrat coalition and the Blue Dog coalition in the House bore the brunt of last night's electoral defeats. So how did that "be Republican-light enablers of the GOP" strategy work out for you? The GOP came after you anyway. Advertisement Of course, the … Read more

By Jenn Chris Coons provides a look at how Democrats could be… Was it all some horrible nightmare? This was the hope I woke up to this morning after a long, bleary-eyed night of gut-wrenching election results coverage. Republicans swept the House, and came very close to taking the Senate. Jan Brewer and her protege … Read more

Latest results are here. It looks very much like Steven Stoltz was indeed a spoiler for Kelly. Without him on the ballot, most likely Kelly would have prevailed, if one makes the reasonable assumption that Sloltz's votes would have gone to Kelly.  

By Michael Bryan I admit it. I was wrong. It happens. More often than I'd like to acknowledge. My wife calls it my magical thinking mode. Ironic that I accused GOP commenters of it. I tend to give the voters credit for rational thought and knowing their self-interest. I've got to stop doing that. Last night … Read more

by David Safier Let's see if they like what they get (and to be honest, I have no idea whether they'll like it or not).

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The 49th Arizona Legislature is the most recklessly incompetent and fiscally irresponsible Republican-dominated legislature in the history of Arizona, without equal. Led by our Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, it is the only Arizona Legislature to fail to balance the state budget by July 1 in each of the last two years, as … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Projected make-up of the 50th Arizona Legislature based upon preliminary results (many ballots are still to be counted). Graphic provided to us by Rep. Steve Farley (D – LD 28).