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.

My Take on the Brewer-Goddard Clean Elections Debate

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By Jenn David Safier and AZBlueMeanie have done a great job covering Wednesday night's Clean Elections debate between Jan Brewer and Terry Goddard (with a side order of Libertarian candidate Barry Hess and Green Party candidate Larry Gist). David posted the Star's fact checker article, which reveals several inaccurate statements made by Brewer over the … Read more

Governor Cringeworthy

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State Representative and minority policy leader Steve Farley whipped this up from footage of the Gubernatorial debate. Painful to watch…  

Hulburd Twists Quayle’s Right Wing

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By Michael Bryan Say one thing for Jon Hulburd, who is running against Dan Quayle's son, Ben, in AZ's CD 3, he is not going to allow Quayle to coast to victory in a heavily GOP district. He's working hard for conservative votes to put him over the top. Considering that entrenched (though ethically challenged) … Read more

Don’t Say I Didn’t Say I Told You So…

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By Michael Bryan As the the smoke clears from the internecine battlefield of the GOP primaries, young Mr. Kelly is found standing over the body of Mr. Paton with a feral light in his eyes and strips of red meat in his jaws. I told you so.  Kelly doesn't stand a chance. Democrats in CD … Read more