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.

Unintended Consequences

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By Michael Bryan On Friday night you decide to drive to the grocery store to get some arugula for your dinner salad. Your spouse was supposed to buy some at AJ’s while shopping yesterday, but it got left off the list and the damn salad just doesn’t work without a bitter green base. So you … Read more

Proposition 107: Arizona’s Students Under Attack!

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California, Washington, Michigan and Nebraska: what do all of these states have in common? Each of these states have been the victim of the American Civil Rights Initiative (ACRI) – a deceptively named national campaign founded by Ward Connerly to work state-by-state to eliminate affirmative action programs. In each state, a seemingly benign ballot initiative is put … Read more

You Think SB1070 Is Stupid Now? You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet…

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By Michael Bryan Many folks are understandably upset that SB1070, the "show me your papers" law, will lead to racial profiling and widespread harassment of Arizonans who happen to be Hispanic. While that may or may not be true – whether that happens largely depends on the agenda and inclinations of the individual officers in … Read more

Is Rodney Glassman having a Sarah Palin Moment?

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By Jenn Like crabs in a barrel, the Democratic candidates competing for a shot at Sen. John McCain's Senate seat seem hellbent on dragging one another into the muck, much to the chagrin of fellow Democrats like myself.  Last night, Rodney Glassman, former Tucson City Council Member, appeared at Drinking Liberally. This is nothing new — political hopefuls routinely make a showing at DL … Read more

Justice Dept. Will Sue Arizona over SB 1070

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By Jenn To the surprise of virtually no one, it looks like the federal government will be filing a lawsuit against Arizona over SB 1070 soon. In an interview with Ecuadorean media, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton let it slip that a lawsuit over Arizona's anti-immigrant bill will be happening: I think the biggest surprise … Read more