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.

Gabby, Our Thoughts Are With You.

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Posted by Michael Bryan Please share your prayers and thoughts for Gabby and her family in the comments, or you can go to Gabby's Facebook prayer page. Gabriel Zimmerman, who died in the attack, has a memorial Facebook page. Our tip line is open at BlogForArizona@gmail.com. Updated 4:18pm: Congresswoman Giffords is in the ICU at … Read more

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot in Tucson By Single Gunman

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  Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot this morning in Northwest Tucson at a townhall meeting.   I woke up this morning to disturbing news: Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords (CD-8) was shot today at a "Congress On Your Corner" event today at the Safeway at Ina and Oracle just after 10AM local time this morning. On her … Read more

Unpleasant New Year Ahead?

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By Karl Reiner   As a new year begins, Americans are downright gloomy.  According to the PEW Research Center, 87% of Chinese, 50% of Brazilians and 45% of Indians believe their country is headed in the right direction. In the U.S., only 30% of the population believes the nation is on the right track. Even … Read more