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.

Your October Surprise, Sir…

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I was over on the Tucson Drinking Liberally bulletin board, and one of our lushes suggested that Bush was preparing an October surprise in the form of the trial of high-level Al Qaeda members, specifically of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (OBL’s putative No. 2) who is among the 14 high-level detainees in the war on terror … Read more

Shooting Doves on 9/11

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Occasionally, something comes to represent and reveal far more that was ever intended by it’s authors. I believe that this is one of those things. How could you possibly summarize everything that is wrong about the Republican Party more poetically than a GOP candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction who invites supporters to go dove … Read more

Drinking Liberally 9/7

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It is time once again for Liberals to attend that institute of higher citizenship we call Drinking Liberally. As usual we will be meeting on Thursday evening starting at 6pm at The Shanty in downtown Tucson at 4th Avenue and 9th Street at the underpass. This week, we are hosting two special guests, Democratic candidates … Read more

Navigation and Features

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Readership has grown three-fold over the last month as we ramp into the election season. I assume many who visit are coming for the first time, and may not be familiar with the layout. Welcome to you all. I hope you find some news or views that cheer you and made your day more pleasant. … Read more

Action Alert – National Call-In to Stop the Surveillance

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has issued an action alert on two bills in Congress seeking to legalize, post-facto, the Bush wiretapping operations ruled unconstitutional by a Federal District Court last month. Please reach out to your elected representatives and let them know  your opinion. EFF is a great organziation. If you are not already a … Read more