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.

Drinking Liberally with Dustin Cox Tonight at 6pm

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By Michael Bryan Drinking Liberally has changed our meeting day from Sundays to Wednesdays. We are still at the Shanty on 4th and still start at 6. Tonight we are joined by Dustin Cox who will be running for an Arizona House seat in the new LD9 here in Tucson. Come on down to the … Read more

Arizona Taliban Lack Courage of Their Convictions

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By Michael Bryan I thought the Republicans in this state had some guts, at least. They know what they believe and watch out if you won't believe it, too. But in introducing the nation's most restrictive abortion law, the best they can do to punish a doctor who – by thier reckoning – has committed … Read more

Young Republicans Agree with BlogForArizona: Jesse Kelly is an Idiot

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By Michael Bryan Yesterday saw another reality-challenged performance by Jesse Kelly in the Pima County Young Republican sponsored CD8 debate. The results of the straw poll following the debate indicate that even fellow Republicans think Jesse is bag of nuts: Antenori — 48 votesMcSally — 30Sitton — 22 Kelly — 19 Apparently, they prefer a choleric … Read more

Obama Courts the Web Geek Vote

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By Michael Bryan I was recently looking at the President's campaign website, BarackObama.com. There was something in the design that I liked, so I took a peek at the page's HTML. I was surprised to find this in the code: Seems Obama is gunning for every vote; even web geeks looking at his site's code.

Carmona on Maddow Demonstrates a Key Reason to Nominate Him

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Posted by Michael Bryan

Richard Carmona went on the Maddow Show to stand up for women's reproductive health privacy rights. BlueMeanie also posted on this appearance.

Carmona's iron-clad credibility on health issues and his national stature allows him excellent access to media to counter the GOP's War on Women in Arizona. It's a powerful argument for his nomination given the record of the GOP's likely nominee, Jeff Flake, on these issues.

See the video below the fold…