by David SafierThis isn't an anti-gun screed. My gun fancier acquaintances needn't worry. But Charles Blow writes in an NY Times op ed: According to the F.B.I., there have been 1.2 million more requests for background checks of potential gun buyers from November to February than there were in the same four months last year. … Read more

Posted by AzBliueMeanie: Our own "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl, has voted against the bank rescue bill, the federal stimulus bill, and the Obama budget resolution designed to rescue our economy from sliding into a depression (see David Safier's post on Robert Reich). Eh, just let it go! Has your 401(k) been decimated? Have you had … Read more

by David SafierRobert Reich, writing on his TPM blog, says we're in a depression — not as bad as the Great Depression, but not a recession any more. So what should we do? Spend, spend spend. On the right things. We should stop worrying about Wall Street. Worry about American workers. Use money to build … Read more

by David SafierLast night, after I posted about my phone conversation with Rep. Giffords, I got an email from a friend in Green Valley. "Dang, David," she wrote, "I thought I was the lucky one….but, no, GG paid attention to you too. . . . She reassured me that the big O had her vote … Read more

by David SafierI just got a call from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (I won't pretend this happens all the time. It's a first). She let me know that the House vote on the budget comes up in about an hour (that would be 4pm our time), and she's voting Yes. Giffords is very careful when it … Read more

by David SafierWe here at BLOG FOR ARIZONA are too classy to go around begging people to go to the comments section of The Fix, Chris Cilliza's blog, and vote for BLOG FOR ARIZONA as the best political site in Arizona, the state for which BLOG FOR ARIZONA is named. But as AzBlueMeanie mentioned, another … Read more