Michael Bryan By Karl Reiner The U.S. House of Representatives voted for the 33rd time to repeal the complex and little understood Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. The House measure will go to the Senate and die. The conservatives demand repeal of the law; they are counting on winning the White House … Read more
By Michael Bryan
In the flurry of news and opinion gusting out of our computer screens and smart phones, it is easy to become 'news blind' – so focused on the flakes and flurries that we forget where we are headed. We stumble confusedly ahead with no map to our destination. It's easy to get lost in the storm.
I personally read almost every news source in Arizona – and keep up with national reaction to our politics, as well – in bringing to readers of BlogForArizona the Arizona Donkey Feed, which appears on our right-hand sidebar every day (you may also have the Feed emailed to you daily). So I, too, often find myself in that blizzard without a map.
I decided I might like to sit down once a week and take some time to look around, and identify what I think are the most significant landmarks around where we stand now. It might not be a map that will tell us where we are headed, but maybe I can get some idea of where we are. Over time, perhaps it will become a map of sorts.
I would also like to let you all know that Jim Nintzel of Tucson Weekly and AZPM's Roundtable fame will be guest-host at Drinking Liberally in Tucson. Come down to the Shanty of 4th Avenue this Wednesday at 6pm and experience the Nintz first-hand.
So, here are some thoughts on what I think are the most important, or just most interesting, developments in the past week in Arizona's politics.
By Michael Bryan On the House floor, Paul Gosar spoke to explain his vote to repeal the ACA, thusly: “Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the resolution, 6079. The Court said Congress can impose new taxes and the individual mandate is constitutional as a tax. And, as Dr. Seuss would rhyme: If it walks … Read more
By Michael Bryan This is just embarrassing. Trent Franks (abortion criminalizer and American Taliban member) has signed on to a letter with wackadoodle conspiracy theorist and former GOP Presidential Reality Show contestant Michelle Bachman claiming that the Obama Administration has been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood. The evidence? Well, several agencies have been engaging in … Read more
Wednesday, July 11 we'll be hosting a debate for the three candidates running in the August primary for the AZ House of Representatives: Bruce Wheeler (State Rep, former City Council member)Stefanie Mach https://www.StefanieMach.comBrandon Patrick http://patrick2012.nationbuilder.com/ Moderator: Mike Bryan from Blog for Arizona. Join us at 6 o'clock at The Shanty. The debate will start at 6:30 sharp. … Read more