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.

Ellen Simon Pulls Ahead of Rick Renzi in AZ CD1

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Link: Majority Watch: Latest independent polling puts Democrat Ellen Simon in the lead over incumbent Republican Rick Renzi. Based on 983 interviews conducted between October 8-10, MOE 3.09%. This is a tight poll. The methodology is impeccable and crosstabs are available on the website. This is excellent news, which hopefully will attract yet more national … Read more

Graf: Leadership is “above my paygrade”

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Link: www.azstarnet.com. Asked if he believed the U.S. should engage in dialogue with North Korea, Graf said: "On that I can’t say. There are people way above my paygrade currently that have laid out the course. Our commander-in-chief is obviously in charge of that decision right now, and I’m going to trust his judgment." In … Read more

McCain Makes Grunting Noise

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McCain actually guest-posted at: Captain’s Quarters. Boy, is he ever slumming of late… His statement is cut from the same cloth as Bush’s stance regarding NORK: Time for Decisive Action on North Korea Korea doubts the world’s resolve. It is testing South Korea, China, Russia, Japan, and the United States. They launched seven missiles in … Read more