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.

McCain Gets a New Slogan

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By Michael Bryan Not happy with the verisimilitude of McCain's chosen quasi-slogan, "Build the Dang Fence!" (or some such nativist bullshit…), some enterprising person with a stencil and some spray paint donated one to McCain's campaign. I certainly don't condone defacing campaign signs, but you have to admit that "Drill Baby Drill" hits very near … Read more

Prescott Mural Controversy Follow-Up

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By Jenn Steve Blair, the Prescott AZ city councilman who made several racist statements on his radio talk show over a public art project, has been fired from the radio station (hat-tip to Ben Kalafut). Here’s an interview Blair did with PrescottNews.com after the firing: In the interview, Blair defends himself by saying that the mural … Read more

Paint by Racism!

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by Jenn This one image is apparently enough to cause some Arizonans to scream racial slurs at elementary school children. SB1070: Arizona's anti-immigration law that, in essence, legalizes racial profiling of non-White Arizonans. HB 2281: a law that bans ethnic studies programs in Arizona's public schools, and that was designed to specifically target a Tucson … Read more

No Excuses! Except…

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By Michael Bryan John Munger recently dropped out of the GOP nomination race for Governor. His slogan was "Real Leadership. No Excuses." It was on his website, his lit, his media, his billboards. You get the idea that maybe he means it. And yet when he decides to throw in the towel, he puts this … Read more