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.

Jeff Latas Becomes Chairman of Sonoran Progressive Democrats of America

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Jeff Latas has accepted the position of Chairman of the Sonora PDA. In recent years, southern Arizona Democrats has spawned a litter of competing, and often mutually antagonistic, progressive organizations. It is the classic pattern of American progressive politics becoming so fractious and divided by ideoogy and personality that the entire movement is mooted as … Read more

Tucson Weekly CD 8 Poll for Sept. 20th through 23rd

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Link: Tucson Weekly Blog: CD 8 Poll: Giffords Leads Graf. Yet further confirmation of the stability and magnitude of Giffords’ lead over Graf. This Wick poll was taken between Sept 20th and 23rd and has an MOE of 4.3%. This Wick poll shows an 18 point lead for Giffords, at 52% to 34% with 10% … Read more

Bush to speak for Renzi campaign | EastValleyTribune.com

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Via EV Tribune: Bush to speak for Renzi campaign. Bush is coming to Snottsdale to do some fundraising for embattled GOP incumbent Dick Renzi, who is receiving a surprisingly stiff challenge from Democrat Ellen Simon. I guess nobody should really surprised that Dick is holding the $500 a head fundraiser outside his own district. Most … Read more

Mix Your Own Political Ad

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The Sunlight Foundation, co-founded by former Deaniac Zephyr Teachout, is running a unique and fun little contest called CongressIn30Seconds. It calls on you to create your own political ad. They have an online video editing tool that lets you build an ad out of stock footage and music, to which you add text. It’s really … Read more

Pirates of the Mediterranean by Robert Harris

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via: The New York Times: Pirates of the MediterraneanBy ROBERT HARRISPublished: September 30, 2006Kintbury, England "IN the autumn of 68 B.C. the world’s only military superpower was dealt a profound psychological blow by a daring terrorist attack on its very heart. Rome’s port at Ostia was set on fire, the consular war fleet destroyed, and … Read more