Mi Familia Vota launches campaign to mobilize Hispanic voters against SB 1070
April 20, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from Mi Familia Vota Civic Participation Campaign: Mi Familia Vota Civic Participation Campaign Launches Aggressive Campaign to Mobilize Arizona's Hispanic Voters Against Anti-Immigrant Legislation Phoenix, AZ – With the recent passage of the worst anti-immigrant state legislation in the country, Arizona voters are pushing for Governor Jan Brewer to veto
Media pandering to ‘populism’ of the privileged
April 20, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: E.J. Dionne, Jr., a columnist for the Washington Post, writes this opinion for The New Republic The Populism Of The Privileged: The Populism of the Privileged Tea Partiers don't represent "Real America" after all. The tea party is nothing new, it represents a relatively small minority of Americans on the right end
Even Chris Wallace of Fox News calls out McCain
April 20, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Even Chris Wallace of Fox News calls out McCain for his recent statement in Newsweek that "I never considered myself a maverick." Watch McCain tie himself into a pretzel as he tries to have it both ways by saying he was a "maverick" to oppose the president of his own party (Bush),
McCain moves right, pushes the myth of a ‘secure border’
April 20, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We learned last week from an interview with the editors of the Arizona Daily Star that Sen. John McCain says he will take his ball and go home rather than participate in drafting a comprehensive immigration reform bill. Challenged on his right by a shameless anti-immigrant basher J.D. Hayworth, McCain has moved
“Birther” Bill advances in House, Arizona is the laughingstock of the nation
April 20, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Monday was a big day for the "Know Nothing" Nativists in the Arizona Legislature. In addition to Russell Pearce's "I hates Mex-cans" police state bill, the House approved the "birther" bill of Rep. Judy Burges (R-Skull Valley), meaning that a majority of the Arizona Legislature subscribes to the wingnut fringe "birther" movement.
How strong are McCain’s fundamentals these days?
April 20, 2010
by David Safier The DNC is using McCain's "The fundamentals of the economy are strong" line from the Presidential campaign as a club against the Republicans in the finance reform battle. Watch.
Quick update to the lege’s schedule for the week
April 19, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott A couple of new committee agendas have been posted for this week. House Health and Human Services will meet on Wednesday at 9 a.m. in HHR4. The agenda has one item on it, a striker to SB1043 that would restore KidsCare, the state's Children's Health Insurance Program. The KidsCare program was
AZ Senate passes Pearce’s police state bill, sends it to Jan Brewer for her signature
April 19, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings I can understand disagreeing with most of what comes out of the AZ lege, most of the time, it's just politics. What I can't stand is being ashamed of what comes out of the lege. Tonight, I'm profoundly embarrassed to be an Arizonan. From Reuters (yes, this
