Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In dueling speeches Monday night, "Where Obama spoke of compromise, Boehner made excuses for intransigence. Where Obama emphasized how much he had already conceded, Boehner detailed how little he was willing to give up. Where Obama argued for a grand bargain, Boehner declared his support for Cut, Cap and Balance [already rejected … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: What I have been saying for years! Steve Benen has this excellent post today, Political Animal – The drivers of our debt: A leading House Republican recently proclaimed recently that policymakers should be focusing on “the drivers of our debt.” GOP officials ought to hope that doesn’t happen. Bloomberg News has a … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: No, not that Jerry Lewis. Maybe former state treasurer Dean Martin will also run. Mesa Republican Jerry Lewis is expected to announce Tuesday that he will challenge "King" Russell Pearce in the November recall election. Pearce challenger Jerry Lewis to make it official – Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required): Jerry Lewis, an accountant and … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier had some fun with "King" Russell Pearce's nativist buddies back in June. Scofflaw Russell Pearce and his friends put the "F" back in Freedom. Today his nativist buddies are back in the news. Remember when "King" Russell Pearce complained that the people behind the recall effort were out of state … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Sunday, the Arizona Republic published a column written by Doug MacEachern where he blamed the political mess in Quartzsite in La Paz County on Clarence Dupnik. The sheriff of Pima County. Since Tucson, the county seat of Pima County, is roughly 240 miles from Quartzsite, this seems to be a bit … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times' Nicholas Kristof, by no means a partisan polemist, is disturbed by the radicalization of the Republican Party by its so-called Tea Party fringe. Republicans, Zealots and Our Security: IF China or Iran threatened our national credit rating and tried to drive up our interest rates, or if they sought … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ezra Klein clears the fog of Tea-Publican propaganda on the deficit. Obama’s and Bush’s effects on the deficit in one graph – The Washington Post: From the New York Times : What’s also important, but not evident, on this chart is that Obama’s major expenses were temporary — the stimulus is over … Read more