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.

Twits, er, Tweets-R-Us

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You may have noticed that the left sidebar looks a little different. I recently started a Twitter account that will be used by not just myself, but all our BlogForArizona authors who have 140 characters or less to say on a subject (if nothing else it might encourage brevity…). It will live on the sidebar … Read more

Goddard v Brewer, the Message Strategy

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By Michael Bryan The race for Arizona Governor between incumbent Jan Brewer and Attorney General Terry Goddard comes down to who will frame the issues of the race. If Jan Brewer succeeds in making the campaign a referendum on illegal immigration, she wins. If Goddard is able to make the race about, well… reality, then … Read more

Weighing Penny Kotterman and Jason Williams

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By Jenn Superintendent of Public Instruction isn't often a race that a lot of voters care about — after all, how many of us know what the job description of this position is, let alone how to pick the best candidate for the job? Yet, I think that Superintendent of Public Instruction is the most interesting, and woefully underhyped, contest for Democrats … Read more

The Glassman Campaign’s Slow-Motion Implosion… and What It Says About Rodney Glassman As a Candidate

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By Jenn Rodney Glassman is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Republican and Democratic voters hit the polls next Tuesday for the primary elections, and, for Democrats, one of the biggest decisions we will have to make is between the four candidates running to represent our party against Senator John McCain in November. Of … Read more

Points to Ponder in This Election Year

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By Karl Reiner The government’s latest economic figures show the current recession as being a record setter.  The precipitous economic decline in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis was much steeper than analysts previously believed.  The newly released data confirms the recession as being the worst of the post-war years.  Economic activity declined by … Read more