By Jenn

by David Safier If you read today's Political Notebook in the Star, you might remember it began with the headline: First poll on Giffords-Kelly race shows two in a dead heat The last few sentences give more information about the poll, saying it was done by and for conservatives: The poll was commissioned by the … Read more

By Jenn David Safier and AZBlueMeanie have done a great job covering Wednesday night's Clean Elections debate between Jan Brewer and Terry Goddard (with a side order of Libertarian candidate Barry Hess and Green Party candidate Larry Gist). David posted the Star's fact checker article, which reveals several inaccurate statements made by Brewer over the … Read more

by David Safier Here's a line in Howard Fischer article about the debates in today's Star that I missed until I saw it mentioned on Talking Points Memo. Brewer admitted, she didn't even want to do one debate, but it was the only way she could get the rest of her Clean Elections money. Incumbent … Read more

by David Safier Whether it came from this morning's posts on BfA or other sources, Bodfield has posted an online correction or clarification (take your pick) to this morning's Star story about Brewer's beheadings claims, including the video clip I posted. That clip makes it absolutely certain, Brewer was talking about beheadings in Arizona, which … Read more

by David Safier Today's Star gives a more complete picture of the Goddard/Brewer debates than yesterday's paper, including an editorial stating we need more debates. Bodfield has a fact checker story on the debate. I'm not wonky enough to know if she got it exactly right, but it looks to me like she presented a … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The editors of the Arizona Daily Star really like Jan Brewer. They want to support her, but her trainwreck of a debate makes it uncomfortable right now. But that does not stop them from editing news reports by Howard Fischer to soften the blows to Jan Brewer. The "firewall" you often hear … Read more