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.

General Jay Garner on How We Lost Iraq

by

This isn’t news, but I’ve seldom seen so clearly expressed the answer to the question on every American’s mind: how did we lose Iraq? Now there was never a good chance of a better outcome in Iraq, but there was a window of opportunity which Bush and his Neo-Cons slammed shut. General Jay Garner was … Read more

Drinking Liberally 4/13

by

In just over an hour, at 6pm, you will find Liberals Drinking at the Shanty on 4th and 9th, downtown at the underpass. We generally go until at least 8 or 9 pm, if not later, so don’t be shy about showing up late – it just means you’ll have an easier time debating everyone … Read more

Administration Oversight Legislation

by

It is encouraging that amid all the mis-administration, corruption and pork slinging,  which has characterized the GOP-contolled Congress, that dedicated public servants like Representative Henry Waxman continue to produce high-quality public interest law. Partly in response to this Administration’s insistance upon a right to hide their contacts with industry lobbyists, such as VP Cheney’s ‘energy … Read more