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.

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

Stick a Fork in It

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By Michael Bryan Barber wins. With 304 of 352 precincts reporting, Barber holds a 52 to 45 lead over Kelly. Now that Kelly has gotten stepped on twice, maybe he'll go away and move to Texas permanently? Got the message, Jesse? We're just not that into you. Now that Barber has kept the CD 8 … Read more

Mitt Romney Enjoyed Impersonating a Police Officer When Young

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by Michael Bryan OK. This is disturbingly weird. National Memo reports that Mitt Romney used to enjoy impersonating a police officer, with a full uniform provided by his daddy the Governor, to pull folks over and prank people. [hat tip to Donna at Democratic Diva] See the video segment from MSNBC's Lawrence O’Donnell, which Donna refers … Read more

Stand Your Ground in Arizona

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By Michael Bryan If you aren't living under a rock, you are familiar with the killing of Treyvon Martin by George Zimmerman, and the controversy over Zimmerman's arrest and prosecution for the killing due to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. You may not be aware that the geniuses of the Arizona legislature also created a … Read more

Can a President Affect Gas Prices? Yes, But Only One Way.

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By Michael Bryan So, this is a meme now: In case you can't see this image for some reason, it expresses shock at how, in 2006, three-quarters of Democrats thought Bush affected oil prices, yet, in 2012, only one-third of Democrats think Obama is doing so. So, for the GOP who don't seem to get … Read more