Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen writes at The Washington Monthly today: Advertisement This morning, I joined a conference call with Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.), who are helping take the lead with their proposed "constitutional option." The plan, roughly: on January 5, when votes are taken to organize the Senate, get 51 votes … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Contributor to Blog for Arizona and my friend, Brig. Gen. Ret. John Adams, wrote this op/ed on DADT repeal for the Arizona Daily Star back in August 2009. Op Ed: Arizona Daily Star, Brigadier General John Adams | Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: Time for US to let gays serve openly in military … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6520, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010," by a vote of 250-175. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi worked her tactical magic in passing the bill. Senate Democrats Try New Route to Repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': For procedural reasons aimed at circumnavigating … Read more

by David Safier I mentioned the other day that Tucson's own Brigadier General John Adams (retired) had an excellent interview about START on MSNBC a week or so ago. Yesterday, John Kerry quoted Adams on the Rachel Maddow Show to emphasize why the Senate should work past Christmas if need be to ratify START: "[John … Read more

by David Safier Jim Nintzel at the Weekly has once again shown himself to be the most astute and knowledgeable journalist in the Tucson area, and one of the better journalists in the state. His Skinny piece about the Redistricting Commission nonsense — the blatant interference in the process by Republicans Adams and Pearce — … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier touched upon this in an earlier post The Right keeps doing it, because it works, but Sen. Obstruction, Jon Kyl, has really outdone himself of late in his obstruction of the people's business in the U.S. Senate. Now he is asserting that making senators work between Christmas Eve and New … Read more

by David Safier I may be reading too much into this. Sen. John Cornyn was on Fox News, and he was grilled about having earmarks totalling $16 million in the omnibus spending bill. He danced — I'm not planning to vote for the bill, so it doesn't matter. He danced again — I can defend … Read more