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.

The Insurgency on the Right

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I’m helping the Ron Paul supporters with their local organizing. I have attended two Ron Paul meetups and intend to continue lending a hand. Why would I, a confirmed liberal, want to help Republicans organize for a Republican candidate? Well, by the end of this post, I hope a lot of you will want to … Read more

Growing Weakness in the American Political Process

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Fred Thompson, just by forming an exploratory committee, and before voters can possibly have a good idea of what he actually stands for, or who he is other than that guy on Law and Order, has vaulted into second place in the GOP field. This is a clear indication of the weak and flimsy support … Read more

Never Again

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It frightens me. How implacably can we oppose our fellow citizen’s access to power before we find ourselves at war, and not just metaphorically? How much can we despise our fellow citizen’s choices before we grow to hate them personally? Are we in danger of becoming a society divided against itself? I won’t claim to … Read more

Arkansas GOP Chief Stupider Than Ours?

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Link: Arkansas GOP head: We need more ‘attacks on American soil’ so people appreciate Bush. "At the end of the day, I believe fully the president is doing the right thing, and I think all we need is some attacks on American soil like we had on [Sept. 11, 2001], and the naysayers will come … Read more

Frameshop: My Abortion Troll

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A few years ago I was inspired by a visit to an online anti-abortion forum to pen a troll to try to get anti-abortion activists to think more seriously about the woman part of the abortion equation. To that end, I pretended to take an ultra-hard, secular anti-abortion position so that they would have nothing … Read more