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.

Dr. McCain’s Nuclear Prescription

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by Russell Lowes Senator McCain announced a new prescription for energy for America in a recent speech. He is now calling for 45 nuclear reactors to be completed by 2030 and an additional 55 reactors to be completed thereafter.(1) He had been promoting nuclear energy as a solution to global warming for years. Butnow. . … Read more

A Meeting with our Future Commander-in-Chief

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by John Adams Last Wednesday, June 18, in Washington, I had the privilege of joining a group of thirty-seven retired generals and admirals in a meeting with Senator Barack Obama, to discuss national security issues.  I entered the meeting with Hope, believing with all my heart that Barack Obama can bring the change our country … Read more

Actually, It’s the Taxes, Stupid

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Greg over at Espresso Pundit is on the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) soapbox claiming that the current budget crunch in Arizona is not the result of the GOP majority constantly hacking away at our tax base and shifting it to more cyclical revenues (like sales tax, which is also more regressive), but due to … Read more

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