Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Presidential candidates defeated in a landslide are rarely heard from again. They are usually mocked and ridiculed for their humiliating loss by a media which takes pleasure in doing so and often claims credit for their defeat. Not so John McCain. The McMedia loves John McCain. They are his political base. One … Read more

by David Safier In a press release, J.D. Hayworth — "The Consistent Conservative," he calls himself on the header — challenges McCain to debate. And not just once or twice. Hayworth Asks For As Many McCain Debates As McCain Asked Of Obama, Conservative Challenger Wants At Least Ten Debates with 24-Year Incumbent Here's the money … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This is what happens when you elect people to office consumed by single-issue (anti-abortion) politics. BarbinMD writes at Daily Kos: Trent Franks and the good old days … This takes the, you can't make this shit up, to a whole new level — Trent Franks (R-AZ) on African Americans in today's society: … Read more

Apparently, some of the PTBs at the lege have taken pity on me – instead of the super-packed committee agendas that were the norm for the last few weeks, they've cancelled all but two committee meetings next week, and both of those are on Monday. From the announcement from Senate President Bob Burns – Consistent … Read more

by David Safier It's after 6pm, so Day 2 of the G.I. Guarantee Watch comes to a close. Still no reply from Matthew Ladner to my second request that the Goldwater Institute honor its written guarantee and note on its website that Ladner made an error in one of his Daily Emails. I didn't mention … Read more