by David Safier The national story is no longer just McCain and Hayworth. Now Glassman is on the radar as well. Jonathan Alter, who writes in Newsweek and is a regular commenter on MSNBC, wrote a column, McCain Descending. He deplores the change in McCain on immigration issues: In the past McCain has tamped down … Read more

Posted by Craig McDermott As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona Legislature, except where noted, and subject to change without notice… There are two reasons to believe that the 2nd Session of the 49th Arizona Legislature is in its final days – 1. The sooner they adjourn, the sooner the 90-day … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Michael Steele, ChairmanRepublican National Committee310 First Street, SEWashington, DC 20003 Dear Chairman Steele: Recently, the Republican National Committee announced its three finalist cities to host the party's 2012 presidential nominating convention: Tampa, FL; Salt Lake City. UT; and Phoenix, AZ. The 12 members of the RNC's site selection committee will take a … Read more

by David Safier When you're creating something on a computer, and what you see on the screen looks just like the final product, techies call that WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get. The term came to mind as I watched Rep. Nancy Young Wright (D, LD-26) at the legislative forum I attended … Read more

by David Safier At a legislative forum held at the Northwest Tucson YMCA this morning, Al Melvin laid out a series of bold educational and economic plans. Here are Melvin's ideas, summarized: Turn our low income students into a steady supply of troops for the military. Build enough nuclear power plants to supply all of … Read more

Posted By AzBlueMeanie: MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan had Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori (R-LD30) on his show today to discuss Gov. Jan Brewer's signing of S.B. 1070. He engaged in a heated exchange with Ratigan, resulting in Ratigan telling Antenori that "you can speak when I decide its your turn to speak" and if … Read more