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.

Welcome Guest Author David Safier to Blog For Arizona

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David Safier will begin blogging on the topic of education on February 1st. Dave is a retired educator with a background in urban studies and graduate studies in education. Dave is deeply concerned with the status of public education in Arizona and keenly interested in bringing greater awareness and understanding of those issues to the … Read more

Edwards Calls it Quits, I Lose My Vote

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Link: In New Orleans, Edwards calls it quits. In a surprise move following a sub-15% performance in Florida, a primary with no delegates, John Edwards called it quits before Tsunami Tuesday. I’m curious how people who were supporting Edwards, like myself, are now leaning. I voted early, so I’m kind of screwed; I don’t get … Read more

Meet Obama’s Buddy, Cass Sunstein: The Next White House Counsel?

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A former colleague of Obama’s at the University of Chicago, Cass Sunstein is a widely published and deeply respected constitutional scholar and legal theorist. He is perhaps best known for his book ‘Republic.com‘ about the likely impacts of the modern communications and information technology on the democratic process.

Professor Sunstein’s scholarship on our legal and political systems is a profound and provocative critique with much more popular appeal and import than most legal scholars manage.

Learn more about this key figure on Obama’s team after the click…

Napolitano Goes on the Air for Barack Obama

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Last night Obama went on the air just before the SOTU with an ad featuring Governor Napolitano. I wouldn’t be surprised if we started seeing ads in Southern Arizona featuring newly-converted Congressman Raul Grijalva to try to combat some of the difficulty Obama has been having appealing to Hispanic voters.

Here’s an online ad featuring Janet. It’s not the same one as aired before the SOTU, I don’t think. If anyone finds that one online, please shoot me a link or leave a comment.

See the ad after the click…

Pima County Election Integrity Battle Update

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The battle against bureaucratic inertia and political flaccidity by those who wish to vindicate the right of the parties and the people to oversee our elections continues here in Pima County. Though a major victory was won with the favorable court decision, and the Pima County Board of Supervisor’s vote not to appeal that ruling … Read more