Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Since last week when the co-chairs of the Catfood Commission, Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, issued their "chairmen's mark," the media villagers and Beltway bloviators have been falling all over themselves on television and in the opinion pages of the New York Times and Washington Post to tell us that this is … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The one Republican in Congress universally considered to be an expert on nuclear security policy is Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN). On Wednesday, Sen. Lugar had enough of Arizona's Senator Ostruction, Jon Kyl, putting partisan politics ahead of U.S. national security. "In a stunning rebuke to members of his own caucus, Senate Foreign Relations Committee … Read more

by David Safier The Star has done it again, keeping its string of Let's-make-the-Dems-and-especially-Obama-look-bad headlines going strong. The AP story is about Obama's problems getting the START nuclear weapons treaty through the Senate, mainly because of objections from our own Jon Kyl. Here's the headline I find online for most papers across the country, including … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Steve Benen at The Washington Monthly rips on Arizona's Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl: Republicans had made Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) their point man on the issue — it's not clear why, since Kyl has no background or working knowledge of the issue — and he made specific objections to the Obama administration clear. … Read more

by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings The Commission of Appellate Court Appointments met on Monday to solicit public comment on the more than 70 applicants for the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. Ultimately, the leadership in the lege will choose four members (2 Ds and 2 Rs) and those four will select the fifth member, an … Read more