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.

Obama’s DREAM of discretion

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By Michael Bryan From the over-heated rhetoric coming from the Right, you might think that Obama had executed a coup using illegal aliens as storm troopers in announcing new prosecutorial priorities in removal procedures (PDF link) in lieu of Congressional action on the DREAM Act. Here's what some GOP pols here in Arizona are saying about … Read more

I Presume Due Credit Will Be Given To Obama?

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By Michael Bryan KOLD 13 reports: AZ gasoline prices down for 10th week in row. I presume that Arizona's GOP candidates are now cutting ads praising President Obama for his leadership in using that lever labeled "Gas Prices" hidden under his desk? You can't have it both ways, guys and gals. If you blame him … Read more

Whose Campaign?

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By Michael Bryan So it looks to me like Ron Barber actually spent about $800K, so far. Jesse Kelly spent about $735K. That's for everything through the primaries up to about two weeks before the election, so they probably spent a bit more. The total candidate committee expenditures for the CD 8 Special: less than … Read more

Mitt Romney has been secretly visiting Tucson!

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By Michael Bryan Tucson's Police Department is warning citizens of police impersonators pulling over motorists. "Tucson police have received multiple reports in the past six months of a man and woman dressed as police officers pulling over motorists, a Tucson Police Department spokesman said. The pair, who are not law enforcement officers, have used a … Read more

Movie Night at Drinking Liberally

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Movie night! Movie night! Join us at The Shanty around 6 o’clock for socializing with like-minded people and watch a Robert Greenwald full length documentary about the billionaire Koch brothers’ attack on democracy. The movie will start as soon as it’s dark enough for the projector to work. A small donation is suggested, but not … Read more