Best line in the Klein gun’s-laser-at-your-chest story
by David Safier Until now, I had a few favorite lines in the Lori Klein story. Saying about her gun, "Oh, it's so cute," was probably number one. "I just didn't have my hand on the trigger, god" ranked as number two. But it was so hard to choose. Advertisement But now we have a … Read more
Makes sense to me
by David Safier Blake Schritter is Chair of the Arizona Federation of College Republicans. Young Democrats of Arizona think that's a bad idea. I agree. Blake Schritter, of the "drunkenbs" tweets — yes, that's really his Twitter name — resigned from his staff position in Rep. Paul Gosar's district office after his tweeted rants were … Read more
Obama campaign’s first quarterly FEC financial disclosure report: a record $86 million
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Obama campaign is off to a record-breaking pace in its first quarter of campaign fundraising. Obama campaign's staggering haul: $86 million raised for reelection – latimes.com: President Obama's vast campaign operation raked in $86 million for his reelection and for the Democratic Party during the last three months, breaking previous records … Read more
CA-36 Special Election: Janice Hahn retains seat for Dems
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Los Angeles Times reports today that Janice Hahn defeats Craig Huey, wins House seat: In a hard-fought special congressional election marked by sharp divisions in ideology and even sharper personal attacks, Democrat Janice Hahn defeated underdog Republican Craig Huey on Tuesday. Unofficial election night returns showed Hahn won 54.6% to 45.4%. … Read more
Just substitute an AZ Republican’s name
by David Safier Here's an ad running in Wisconsin against Randy Hopper, one of the state legislators facing recall. It's simple, it's effective, and with a few changes, it would work as an ad against most Arizona Republican legislators. Add to that, it's honest. What a concept!
AZ legislators have tender sensibilities. Who knew?
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Last week, EJ Montini of the Arizona Republic wrote a column that pointed out the track record of the Arizona legislature in regards to children – pull out all the stops to "protect" them…until they are born. At that point, the Republicans in the legislature assume a rather … Read more
The crazy train has left the station and we are headed for a train wreck
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The crazy train has left the station with the latest GOP gambit today from the Tea-Publican leadership on the federal debt ceiling negotiations. Shorter version of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell today: "F**k the Constitution! F**k my constitutional duty! The GOP's Gimmicks-R-Us shop has produced a new gimmick that will get us out … Read more
