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.

Pederson and Kyl October Polling

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The latest polling from KAET’s Cronkite Eight project has Pederson within 6 points of Kyl. Kyl is 4 points shy of an absolute majority, and there are 9% undecided – more than enough to close the gap for Pederson. We have a competitive race, folks. If Pederson can hammer Kyl more effectively over the home … Read more

Mitchell and Hayworth Poll Confirms Statistical Tie

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It doesn’t get any tighter than this, folks. Now, if only someone would open a criminal investigation on Hayworth (which his corruption richly warrants)… Of course these state-level polls seldom include a large enough sample to get the MOE below 3%, but with two very close polls in a row, it’s a good bet that … Read more

Officials scrutinize Ariz. land deal

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UPDATE: Apparently Renzi has lawyered up (though I doubt if this is really a recent retainer as Renzi has been under investigation for months), hiring former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods. Now the media trial before the trial begins. Strap in, this should be very entertaining… Link: Officials scrutinize Ariz. land deal – Yahoo! News. … Read more

An Open Letter to Real Republicans about Bigoted Idiots in the GOP

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In my view, the proposition that the GOP is riddled with bigoted idiots in leadership positions – not to mention those all-important followership positions – hardly requires more proof that reading the paper or watching TV news while having enough neuronal activity to sustain life functions. But I understand that there are some conservatives of … Read more

A Dose of Iraqi Reality

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A great short documentary (about 8 minutes) from the Guardian Unlimited about the daily challenges faced by our troops in working with Iraqi security forces. Quite a reality check for the "stand down when Iraqis stand up" crowd. Newsflash: the Iraqi security forces start shooting at us as soon as they stand up.