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.

Yes, I Realize This Means I Have a Crush On Obama

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I got a personalized license plate for the campaign season. I guess I’m feeling pretty confident about who will be the Democratic nominee… And, yes, even though I criticize her constantly on certain subjects, I do sport a Giffords bumper on my truck. Heck, I would even put a Mitchell bumper on there if someone … Read more

FEC Complaint Against Bee Ad Certain To Languish

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by Michael Bryan I am reminded by the Bee complaint (and legal eagles with whom I consult on these matters) that the FEC currently only has two members, which means it does not have a quorum and cannot conduct any official business. This is why the DNC complaint against McCain for promising to take public … Read more

Past Week’s Video Highlights

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After the flip is some of the best political video of the past week. This might be a regular feature if you like it.

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Giffords Nixes Impeachment

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DFATucson has been pressing Gabby Giffords for awhile now to get off the dime on impeachment and, as a very minimal sign that she’s willing to fulfill the Constitutional role for which we hired her, perhaps sign a letter being circulated by Rep. Wexler calling for investigations of possible criminal acts by the Bush Administration … Read more

Convention Highlights

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Excerpts from The 1908 Denver Demo Convention, Tom Noel) by PL Canady Before continuing the Convention Highlights, let me introduce myself. My name is Pat Canady and I am retired from a career in Education and being a Small Business Owner.  My interest in politics led me to becoming a Democratic Party volunteer starting with … Read more