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.

AZ GOP’s Big Budget Lie

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By Michael Bryan All you hear recently from the State Capital is how they "balanced the budget for the first time in years". The GOP leadership claims to have closed the budget deficit. Bullshit. Their budget relies on over $200 million in cuts to the state Medicare program (AHCCCS) which are blatantly unconstitutional under Arizona's … Read more

The Donkey is Still Feeding

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Posted by Michael Bryan Note: New posts will continue to appear below. Just a reminder for you news junkies out there, you can get all the latest Arizona political news in one convenient feed via the Arizona Donkey Feed at www.azdonkeyfeed.com. BlogForArizona's editor-in-chief (that's me) updates The Feed several times throughout the day with all … Read more

Help Living Liberally of Tucson!

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NOTE: new posts will continue to appear below this post. To those of you who have attended a Drinking Liberally (a liberal forum for drinks and discussion), Reading Liberally (a liberal book club), Screening Liberally (a liberal cinema night), or Investing Liberally (a sustainable, values-driven investment club) event here in Tucson, or who have always … Read more

Birthers: Your Cordial Invitation to STFU

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Posted By Michael Bryan Now, if we hearing anything more about this, we will know two things for certain: 1) You have nothing of actual substance to offer the American people. 2) Your obsession denotes your ill-concealed racism, which you have no other means to express in public.

Daily Show filming at Tucson’s Shanty on 4th Ave

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Posted by Michael Bryan Want to see a Daily Show taping in Tucson? Thursday at 5pm at the Shanty on 4th Ave. Daily Show correspondents will be filming an upcoming episode on the movement to separate Southern Arizona from wing-nut dominated Maricopa AZ. Hoist a few for our new state! Maybe get your mug on … Read more