AZ BlueMeanie Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First, we had a slew of Tea-Publican candidates earlier this year who could not count high enough to collect enough qualifying signatures on their petitions and were disqualified from the ballot. Now we have the Tea-Publican's "Hail Mary pass" write-in candidate for mayor, "Rio Nuevo" Rick Grinnell, who could not count high … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Thanks to Laurence Lewis at Daily Kos for a proper perspective on "class warfare" in this excerpt from his excellent post. Who is waging class warfare?: It's standard operating procedure for Republicans to respond to calls for fair taxes by whining about supposed class warfare. It's standard operating procedure for Republicans to do … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There were two GOP debates last week, the other was on the Marriott TV Channel, the only channel people watch less than Bloomberg TV. We remind the candidates that "no one is watching so the stakes are low."
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Daily Star today continues to roll out its editorial endorsements with an endorsement for Paul Cunningham in Tucson City Council Ward 2. Let Cunningham keep his Ward 2 seat (excerpts): Paul Cunningham has represented Ward 2 on the Tucson City Council since May 2010, when he was appointed to fill a vacancy. Cunningham … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The other day I told you about Herman Cain's only disclosed economic adviser, Rich Lowrie of Cleveland, Ohio, who is not an economist as Cain falsely asserted during the last debate but a wealth manager for a division of Wells Fargo. Herman Cain's economic adviser is not an economist (Politico): [A]ccording to his LinkedIn page … Read more