by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings I promised an update when more info was available.  Here's some… Advertisement From Steve Muratore at the newest blog on the Arizona political scene, Eagle-tarian (quoting a letter from Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch to Kirk Adams and Russell Pearce: I have directed staff to schedule a Commission meeting … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Gov. Jan Brewer and her Brewercare "death panels" again made the top story on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Tuesday night. It takes a British reporter to show the timid Arizona political media how to ask the tough questions. Of course, Brewer had a snit and refused to answer the reporter's questions honestly, … Read more

by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings "Going to the mattresses" is a quote from the movie "The Godfather", meaning that a Mob organization was preparing for a war with a rival organization by looking for apartments for their soldiers to conduct operations from.  They would buy a number of mattresses for their people to sleep … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Democrats will hold their noses today and swallow the bitter pill of Republican fiscal irresponsibility in exchange for the extension of unemployment benefits for America's unemployed, whom Republicans have been holding hostage in an insurrection by the "two perecenters" for an extension of their tax windfall. This is a shameful day in … Read more

by David Safier Thank you, Mary Jo Pitzl of the Republic. Her article on the power grab by Pearce and Adams over the Redistricting Commission nominees, while not everything I think it should be, at least hints at the political nature of this blatant power grab, something Howard Fischer failed to do in the two … Read more

by David Safier This from the teaser for an Arizona Guardian article which I can't read because it's subscription only: GOP threatens lawsuit over redistricting panel By Mary K. Reinhart The Arizona GuardianGOP legislative leaders Tuesday called on a state commission to reconsider its nominations to a new redistricting panel or face a lawsuit. The … Read more

by David Safier Once you read this, you lose the right to say you didn't know this was coming. The Goldwater Institute has been floating trial balloons recently about convening a Constitutional Convention. It's no biggie, G.I. says, the Founders expected us to do this kind of thing every few years. What G.I. wants is … Read more