Michael Bryan By Karl Reiner In 2010, Americans spent $2.6 trillion on health care, a distressing 18% of GDP. The cost in the U.S. was higher per capita than in any other industrialized nation. Although it leads the world in money spent, a lower percentage of America’s population had medical coverage. The need for health care … Read more
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At Drinking Liberally we love a good argument. Not the shouting, ranting non-sense that often passes for political dialogue these days, but respectful, challenging, and meaningful discussion of political and philosophical differences.
Republican politicos have joined the liberals at Drinking Liberally for such discussions in the past: Frank Antenori, Vic Williams, Jon Paton, Ray Carroll, and several others have been guests at Tucson's Drinking Liberally.
Martha McSally will be joining that list of conservatives this Sunday at the Shanty starting at 6pm. Martha has recently thrown her hat in the ring for both the CD8 specials and CD8 regular elections. Whether you're a D, a R, or an I, come on down, meet the candidate, discuss the issues, and share a drink.
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Posted by Michael Bryan If you have been following this topsy-turvey GOP primary contest, you might already know that Mitt Romney won Iowa… until he didn't. The night of the caucus, despite incomplete results and an incredibly narrow lead for Romney, the Iowa GOP chairment went ahead and called it Romney. Yay, Romney wins… and … Read more
Posted by Michael Bryan I got a robocall from Paula Aboud tonight that plugged me into a telephonic town-hall-style meeting with Senator Aboud, who is launching her Congressional campaign for CD2. Pretty cool use of the technology, actually. During the call, Paula repeatedly made the point that she liked to work across the aisle and … Read more
Come and meet and discuss politics with Democratic candidates for State Legislature for District 9, Mohur Sidwha and Victoria Steele. Drinking Liberally begins at 6pm today, Sunday, at The Shanty on 4th Avenue and 9th Street, across from the underpass.