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.

Guest Commentary by John Wright: Voucher Legislation in Arizona

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The Arizona legislature is trying to damage public education again by introducing irresponsible legislation to create vouchers, all in the name of change or reform.  Download a summary of Arizona education voucher bills this session. (PDF) In recent years "change" in education has been defined, by conservative proponents of vouchers, as providing a small percentage … Read more

Donna Edwards Defeat of Al Wynn Holds a Lesson for All GAGA Democrats

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Progressive Democrat Donna Edwards knocked off 8-term incumbent Go-Along to Get-Along (GAGA) Democrat Al Wynn in Maryland’s 4th District. And it wasn’t a squeeky victory, it was a 60%-35% butt-thumping by Donna Edwards. The voters demonstrated that they were fed up with Democrats caving in to the Republican and corporate special interest agenda. They want … Read more

Police Chief Dan Saban’s Endorsements Shut Out Showboat Arpaio

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In a stunning demonstration of the widely-felt need for a new Sheriff in Maricopa County, six of the state’s most prominent law enforcement associations endorsed Buckeye Police Chief Dan Saban for Maricopa County Sheriff. In accepting the endorsement of these groups whose members number over 8,000 law enforcement officers and officials statewide, Saban said "These … Read more

What’s a Super-Delegate To Do?

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UPDATE: It’s been brought to my attention by an old DNC hand, whose expertise I will gladly defer to, that my terminology in this article tends to be misleading. A Party Leader and Elected Official (PLEO) delegate also refers to a species of state-wide pledged delegate that only certain officials are qualified to become – … Read more

Issue-Free Politics: Obama vs. Hillary

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Obama just scored three more convincing victories over Clinton in the Potomac Primaries, picking up solid majorities in Virginia and Maryland, and a wipe-out in DC. His scorecard now has eight straight unequivocal wins since the split decision on Tsunami Tuesday. It’s becoming ever more clear who has the momentum in this race. There is … Read more