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.

American Freedom Campaign

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Link: Sign the American Freedom Pledge It’s about time someone who wants to lead this nation stood up unequivocally for strict adherence the Constitution in the face of terror. No mincing words, no compromises with stupidity and evil, no ignoring the turd this Administration has smeared on our most treasured document. Too bad it wasn’t … Read more

BlogForArizona Reader Survey

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UPDATE 10/31: The survey is now closed. Results will be posted when available. Periodically, I like to take a moment to get to know my readers a little better. It helps to understand what you like to read and why you come to my humble little blog. Plus, I can sell the data to the … Read more

Thomas and Wilenchik Guilty of Abuse of Process?

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The arrest of the founders of the New Times for revealing the contents of an overly broad Grand Jury subpoena was not only an egregious example of prosecutorial harassment by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his hand-picked ‘special prosecutor’ Dennis Wilenchik, it may also have been a blatant misuse of the law. I have … Read more

Governor Andrew Thomas… NOT!

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American demagogues, such as Senator Joe McCarthy, tend to over-reach in a system designed to prevent over-reach (how we can explain the lack of resistance to Bush’s over-reaching, I haven’t yet figured out). Eventually, these authoritarian personalities, drunk on power and their initial success take a bite they are unable to chew. In McCarthy’s case, … Read more

A Modest Proposal to get the GOP to quit Congress

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Link: GOP congressmen quit because of five-day work week. So far, 9 GOP Congressmen have announced their intent to retire. Many are privately citing the rigors of the Democratic Congress’ new 5 day a week work schedule as being a decisive factor in that decision not to seek re-election. Said Ray LaHood (R – IL): … Read more