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.

Off The Bus in AZ: Marlene Phillips reporting

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If you’re a Huffington Post reader you may have noticed a new section called Off The Bus. Their goal: to encourage citizen reporters to weigh in with election news from all 50 states. Well, southern AZ., meet your citizen reporter. As one of the Off The Bus reporters I’ll be contributing pieces to Huff Post … Read more

Keeping Faith With the American People: Ending the War in Iraq

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by John Adams Critical to Democratic prospects in November, as well as to our country’s future, is keeping the commitment to the American people to end the war in Iraq. Yet there exist so-called “democratic realists” (some of whom are also Democrats, cousins of the “neoconservatives”…you know, those guys who wanted to “liberate” Iraq and … Read more

Our Southern Border Policy Lacks Cohesion

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By Karl Reiner The U.S. government’s effort to improve security along the Mexican border is delivering results.  The combination of towers, physical barriers, better intelligence and an increase in the number of agents has made the crossing more difficult.  As a consequence, the number of arrests made by the Border Patrol is down approximately 12%. … Read more

Road to the DNC — Taking the Offensive in Denver

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by John Adams As a staging ground for the November election, the 2008 Democratic National Convention is promising. We have a strong, capable Presidential candidate with a devoted following, and excellent appeal to new voters and independents. We have a powerful message that resonates broadly with the American people. And we face a feckless, stumbling … Read more

Ephraim Cruz and His Son, Ethan… (and the “Paternity Suit”)

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There has been some news coverage regarding State Legislative candidate for LD 29, Ephraim Cruz, and the legal determination of paternity and financial support for his now 7 year old son, Ethan. In fact, people who know nothing else about the race, and don’t really follow politics, have heard of Cruz’s "paternity suit". It’s a … Read more