Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I explained in Repost: The Bush Years Were a Lost Decade, the oughts produced zero net job growth under the economic policies of George W. Bush. Nada. Zip. I admit this sets the bar pretty low for president Barack Obama to show improvement over his predecessor. Nevertheless, Obama's efforts are producing … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: (Reposted from January 4, 2010) I have written about this several times before, but the Washington Post is just catching up: there was zero net job growth over the past decade. Massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy failed to grow the economy and to create jobs, disproving and discrediting the … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Presidential candidates who lose in a landslide election typically slink away to lick their wounds and are rarely heard from for at least a couple of years, if not longer. The media villagers and Beltway bloviators tend to label candidates who suffer a landslide loss as "losers" to be mocked and ridiculed … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The editors of the Arizona Daily Star in a post-debate editorial opinion wrote Brewer stumbled, mumbled – and won't debate again: Brewer spoke about the need for "righteous" tax reform – whatever that means – and sought to portray herself as Arizona's savior after Gov. Janet Napolitano left office to become U.S. secretary … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Jan Brewer claimed during the debate that Terry Goddard does not have a jobs plan. She of course knew this to be a lie, as Terry Goddard's jobs plan has been posted on his campaign web site for weeks, and Goddard even talked about his jobs plan during the debate and referred voters to his campaign web site, even as Jan Brewer tried to shout him down with "where's your plan."

Brewer's false statement was directed to "low information voters" (LIVs), voters who do not take the time to inform themselves on political matters. The sound bite is all that mattered to the Brewer campaign, especially when the news media fails to challenge false statements or to fact check. The false statement is all that LIVs will take away from this exchange.

The editors at the Arizona Daily Star whined in a post-debate editorial opinion that Goddard did not spend enough time discussing his jobs plan during the debate. Did they watch this debate? Perhaps it was because the moderator failed to moderate the debate and allowed Jan Brewer to constantly interrupt and shout down Goddard with her false statements aimed at LIVs.

The full Goddard Emergency Job Recovery and Economic Development Plan can be found at http://www.terrygoddard.com/uploads/2013/original/Jobs_and_Economic_Recovery_Plan.pdf. David Safier and I have previously provided this link in posts. We have not posted the full document because this detailed jobs plan is too lengthy for a blog post.

However, some of our readers insist, so here is the substantive portion of the plan in detail (below the fold).

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The full schedule of mandatory Citizens Clean Elections debates for Clean Elections candidates and the video replay of debates can be found at Candidate Debates – Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission CCEC. LD 17 debated last week. Everyone else begins this week. Schedule subject to change. Legislative District 27Wednesday, September 9, 6:00 … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Announcement from the Democratic Club of the Santa Rita Area: