Posted by AzBlueMeanie: To get you in the mood for Mardis Gras, here is Mary Chapin Carpenter singing Down At The Twist and Shout. (For a friend of mine from New Orleans who is homesick). Advertisement Well I never have wandered down to New Orleans Never have drifted down a bayou stream But I heard … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona Legislature, and subject to change without notice. The "highlight" of the week, if you want to call it that, came this past week when Senate President Russell Pearce announced that he was "holding" all immigration bills until the … Read more

by David Safier The whole Scott Bundgaard episode where he was involved in a physical confrontation with his girlfriend on the freeway is seamy and semi-scandalous enough all by itself. But Russell Pearce injected a whole new dimension when he offered his analysis of the situation: "I know what is going on," Pearce said Wednesday. … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Arizona Democratic Party: AZ Dems unveil redistricting watchdog project Drawing a New Arizona Project will monitor process crucial to future of state PHOENIX — The Arizona Democratic Party is launching the Drawing a New Arizona Project to monitor and protect the integrity of the redistricting process, which is … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Since Republicans took control of Congress in January they have: (1) sought to repeal — but not replace — the Affordablle Care Act which the CBO says would add more than a trillion dollars to the national debt that Tea-Publicans claim to be concerned about; (2) sought to repeal the rights of … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Media polling firms have for decades provided respondents with only three choices to self-identify their political beliefs: liberal, conservative and moderate. Based on this categorization, there has been remarkable stability in ideological orientation, with 20% of Americans identifying themselves as “liberal” and about 40% classifying themselves as either “moderate” or ”conservative” according … Read more

by David Safier Even some AZ Republicans are skeptical about the idea of a Don't Tread on Me license plate, which is being proposed by legislators who believe, I have to assume, they don't have anything important to do, like, say, creating a budget or helping jump-start the state's economy. But forgetting about the license … Read more