AZ BlueMeanie

The Blue Meanie is an Arizona citizen who wishes, for professional reasons, to remain anonymous when blogging about politics. Armed with a deep knowledge of the law, politics and public policy, as well as pen filled with all the colors stolen from Pepperland, the Blue Meanie’s mission is to pursue and prosecute the hypocrites, liars, and fools of politics and the media – which, in practical terms, is nearly all of them. Don’t even try to unmask him or he’ll seal you in a music-proof bubble and rendition you to Pepperland for a good face-stomping.

It’s official: Debbie Wasserman Schultz new DNC Chairwoman

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's official. Debbie Wasserman Schultz is the newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairwoman. She was formally elected by acclimation at today's DNC meeting. USA Today reports Wasserman Schultz rises to top of Democratic Party: Newly elected Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz vowed to aggressively fight Republicans in next year's elections … Read more

Public Policy Polling: Obama competitive in AZ

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's increasingly looking like Barack Obama has a serious chance at winning Arizona next year, largely because of the weakness of the GOP candidate field in the state. Public Policy Polling: Obama competitive in Arizona: Arizona voters are closely divided on Obama but lean toward the negative side, with 46% approving of … Read more

Public Policy Polling: Giffords leads for AZ Senate

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I hesitate to post this poll, only because I do not want to encourage "irrational exuberance" and "unrealistic expectations." I have some experience with traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients,  so my views are tempered by that experience. I have seen how long and difficult recovery can be, and the rate of recovery is unique to … Read more

Rating the media villagers and Beltway bloviators

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A Hamilton College class and their public policy professor analyzed the predictions of 26 pundits — including the Sunday morning bobbleheads — and used a scale of 1 to 5 to rate their accuracy. The data is dated and limited. The period of time the study examined is from September 2007 to … Read more

Stop making bad policy choices

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Sunday, the Arizona Republic published this excellent report from Lori Montgomery of the Washington Post. On road to surplus, U.S. detoured into debt: The nation's unnerving descent into debt began a decade ago with a choice, not a crisis. In January 2001, with the budget balanced and clear sailing ahead, the Congressional … Read more