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.

Renzi’s Co-Defendant Sandlin Convicted of Lying

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Renzi’s sugar daddy in his kick-backs-for-legislation scheme, James Sandlin, has been convicted of lying on financial statements to a federally insured financial institution in Texas. The charges are not related to those for which Renzi is indicted. Nevertheless, it can’t be good news for Renzi’s defense that he is now facing felony charges in association … Read more

Post-Mortem for a Pseudo-Climate Security Act

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By Russell J. Lowes The Senators from Connecticut and Virginia thought they could pull a fast one. They thought they could play the game the Bush Administration is so into, the mis-naming game. Heathy Forests runs down our forests. No Child Left Behind leaves an underfunded ill-conceived program putting our public school system at risk. … Read more

PodForArizona: Mary Kim Titla, Candidate for Democratic Nomination in Congressional District 1

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I had a nice conversation with Democrat Mary Kim Titla, the former news reporter and internet entrepreneur, who is standing for nomination in Congressional District 1. She seeks the seat being "vacated" by "retiring" congressman Rick "call me Dick" Renzi. Titla calls herself a moderate with traditional, small-town values. One possibly distinguishing position is that … Read more

Obama’s Choice

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Link: Obama’s potential running mates – CNN.com. Now that the nomination is bagged and Hillary is climbing on Obama’s bandwagon on Saturday, the next big topic of speculation is running mates for the two nominees. I don’t read Republican tea leaves with nearly as much interest, so I will only do a little speculation on … Read more