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Randy Parraz introduces himself with new ad
August 16, 2010
By Michael Bryan Parraz has released a simple biographical ad intended to boost name recognition and tell the candidate's story. It seems quite effective at positioning the candidate in the primary as a fighter for Democratic values and traditional constituencies.
The GOP is Lucy and we are all Charlie Brown
August 16, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jed Lewison at Daily Kos laments: Republicans have found the key issue of 2010, and it isn't the economy: it's the proposal to build a mosque two blocks from Ground Zero. They are positively giddy with glee at the prospect of spending the next 80 days or so pounding away and they aren't
Voter short term memories
August 16, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "The GOP drove the country into a ditch. Now they want the keys back." Friends don't let friends drive Republican (repost).
The wit and wisdom of John Huppenthal: $40,000 per student
August 16, 2010
by David Safier At Thursday's Ed Supe debate in Tucson, the candidates were asked their opinion of private school tuition tax credits. John Huppenthal got a little defensive, and, unless he can back up this figure, ventured way, way off into Fantasy Land — or at best, into cleverly worded Deception Land. Huppenthal was making
Update: Pimps for Private Prisons and Profit
August 16, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In doing further research on this story I came across this report by Beau Hodai, a sidebar to Corporate Con Game, In These Times' July 2010 cover story. I am posting it in its entirety because of its importance to the growing lobbyist scandal in Arizona. Ties That Bind: Arizona Politicians and the
CQ covers CD-8 Republicans, and Antenori once again reveals his boorish nature
August 16, 2010
by David Safier CQ, which writes about all things Congressional, has an article about the Kelly-Paton smack down, saying in its headline, that the race is getting "A Little Nasty." That's an understatement, but the extreme level of animosity is par for the course in Republican primaries nationwide. One thing I'll say about them. They
Putting things into proper perspective
August 16, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: ABC World News Sunday aired a report last night which included this tidbit of information not widely reported, GOP Jumps on President Obama's Ground Zero Mosque Comments: "Frankly, Ground Zero is hallowed ground. … Two blocks away is not so hallow ground," said Rep. Jerry Nadler, the Democrat whose district includes the
Ezra Klein: Who to blame for job losses
August 16, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The mainstream media conventional wisdom, invariably the GOP talking points, is that the federal stimulus bill did little to arrest the catastrophic job losses occurring during the Bush Great Recession. As is usually the case, the mainstream media conventional wisdom is wrong. (Yet they still have a job — how ironic.) Ezra
