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.

Brewer Can’t Even Prevaricate Effectively

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On Fox News Radio, Jan Brewer was interviewed about why she removed Mathis from the IRC. Her response is incredibly inarticulate. The woman can't even convincingly explain her actions! Click here for the audio clip (plays on a Fox News website). Pitiful and risable. Brewer should be recalled for this ham-fisted and poorly executed intimidation … Read more

Arizona’s Other Option

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By Karl Reiner Countries get to pick their friends, but not their neighbors. In Europe, France shares borders with Spain, Germany and other countries.  In North America, the U.S. has Canada and Mexico on its northern and southern borders. While the people of Europe learned through hard experience to make geographical proximity work to their … Read more

Janet Wants Her Veto Back

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By Michael Bryan The voters specifically took away the Arizona Governor’s veto over redistricting maps when they passed Prop 106 in 2000, establishing the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC). The voters didn’t want the redistricting process to be held hostage by the political powers-that-be; Arizonans want an open and bi-partisan process governed by the public interest. … Read more

Arizona Courts Constitutional Crisis over IRC

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The recent summary 'execution' of the Independent Chairperson of the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) by the Governor and State Senate is not only a test of whether the Independence of the Commission will survive, it is test of the constitutional separation of powers in Arizona government. Governor Brewer and the Arizona Legislature have recklessly thrown … Read more

Feeling Blue is the New Normal

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By Karl Reiner In 2008, the western economies were saved from a major depression by desperate and costly plans to prop up banks in the U.S. and Europe.  Although it could have been much worse, the recession that followed has been devastating. Its effects continue to linger, taking a savage toll on the nation’s economic … Read more