Michael Bryan

Michael founded BlogForArizona.net as the Howard Dean presidential campaign blog for Arizona in 2003, and has been blogging ever since. The Blog is now coming up on 20 years of continuous publication, a major achievement for any political blog, which usually have the life-spans of mayflies. Michael is an attorney living in Tucson with his wife Lauren. In 2008, Michael remade BlogForArizona into a collaborative project. Michael is now but one of the contributors to the blog and provides editorial and publishing direction in consultation with the Board of Directors and the other authors. If you want to keep up with the latest Arizona and National political news in an entertaining quick hit of news and opinion, check out the BlogForArizona twitter feed, which Mike largely curates and writes. Michael is also an AAPC member who occassionally consults on political campaigns, strategy and communications.

Presidential Predictions!

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By Michael Bryan I always enjoy going out a limb and proving myself a terrible electoral prognosticator. In that spirit, here are my predictions for Tuesdays Presidential Election. Electoral maps generated by RealClearPolitics dandy Create Your Own Map tool. Play with it at peril of your afternoon disappearing in a clatter of obsessive clicking. You've … Read more

Closing Arguments for 2012

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By Michael Bryan As we plunge into this final weekend before the 2012 General Election, we here at BlogForArizona would like to sum up, take stock, and reiterate our coverage of the election thus far. To that end, we have compiled a page of Closing Arguments for the 2012 election, presenting a compilation of selected … Read more

Closing Arguments 2012

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Welcome to Closing Arguments for the 2012 campaign. Our authors have been working all campaign season to provide information about and insight into the various races voters in Arizona will be making decisions about. Here are there selected thoughts about the various candidates. If you are now making up your mind, please give their work … Read more

Our New Anti-Carmona Ad

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By Michael Bryan Many of you will notice that we have a wonderful new ad that suggests Richard Carmona and Barack Obama have a secret deal with labor to make everyone pay union dues. Most of our readers will be happy to hear it, if only it were so. I accepted the ad for one reason: … Read more

Show-Down at The Shanty: Antenori v. Bradley AZ Senate Debate

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  Drinking Liberally will be bringing you TWO great debates this week! The Presidential Debate on Monday, AND a live action smack-down between the local champions of the Democratic and Republican Parties: Dave Bradley and Frank Antenori, opposing candidates for the Arizona State Senate. Dave and Frank will be debating live tonight on the regular … Read more