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.

ObamaCares, not Obamacare

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By Michael Bryan The Republicans are masters of neuro-linguistic programming, mostly because they are much more disciplined in their communication strategy. That stupid "Democrat" versus "Democratic" thing really annoys me, and it works: I see that 'mistake' being made in the press all the time now. So, the GOP's messaging strategy has been to label … Read more

Frank, That’s Not Even Close!

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By Michael Bryan

I don't know that this is actually Frank Antenori's truck in this video. I know he drives a truck frequently, but I'm relying on the research of the Tucson Weekly that this is actually Frank.

And if it is, Holy Crap, Frank! This violation is not someone trying to make a changing light, this is someone seeing an open intersection and just blatantly claiming it as his own. Frank appears to just roll up to the red light, take a quick look around, and decide to just blow off the traffic light as others sit patiently (and safely) at the intersection.

Seems that Frank's War on Redlight Cameras was not inspired by close calls, but by his personal impatience with having to actually follow the rules of the road.

See the video after the click… 

Antenori’s Amateurish Election Pitch Spreadsheet

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By Michael Bryan An interesting little info-graphic from Frank Antenori's CD8/2 campaign: What pops out for me is the absolutey amateurish way this was put together. It's clearly just a spreadsheet. And just as clearly the person who threw it together has no concept of style or design, or even basic typographical competence. The font … Read more

My Own Santorum… Cocktail, That Is.

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By Michael Bryan Saturdays are cocktail day around the Bryan household. Friends come over and I play bartender. Sometimes I go for the classics, but today I was inspired. He died for your cocktail A bar owner in New York has gotten some great press by inventing his own version of the Santorum Cocktail. I … Read more