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.

Our “Little Blue Impacted Area”

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By Michael Bryan Bruce Ash on Arizona Illustrated said something rather odd and distinctly offensive about Tucson: "Little blue impacted area…" Really? Just what the hell do you mean, Bruce? The context that immediately comes to mind by his words and gestures is impacted bowels. I think Bruce may be calling Tucson shit. Bruce, you … Read more

Waking Up on November 3, 2010 Wanting a Return to Progressivism

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By Jenn Chris Coons provides a look at how Democrats could be… Was it all some horrible nightmare? This was the hope I woke up to this morning after a long, bleary-eyed night of gut-wrenching election results coverage. Republicans swept the House, and came very close to taking the Senate. Jan Brewer and her protege … Read more

Latest Results in CD 7 and 8

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Latest results are here. It looks very much like Steven Stoltz was indeed a spoiler for Kelly. Without him on the ballot, most likely Kelly would have prevailed, if one makes the reasonable assumption that Sloltz's votes would have gone to Kelly.  

I Was Wrong Wrong Wrong

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By Michael Bryan I admit it. I was wrong. It happens. More often than I'd like to acknowledge. My wife calls it my magical thinking mode. Ironic that I accused GOP commenters of it. I tend to give the voters credit for rational thought and knowing their self-interest. I've got to stop doing that. Last night … Read more

Mike’s Election Live Blog

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By Michael Bryan To keep this live blog thread updated, click the title, bookmark the page and reload periodically. I'll be updating this post all evening. 5:44pm Checking in: Polls aren't closing for over an hour here locally and I'll be heading to Gentle Ben's for the Drinking Liberally poll watch, and popping in at … Read more