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.

Drinking Liberally 8/24

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Conversation. Beer. Good Cheer. You want more from your Thursday evening? What you receiving a Nobel or something? Come on down. Meanwhile, look into the soul of the opposition: Wowsa. That ain’t pretty. And in case you haven’t caught it yet; a reporter in stupid-lookin’ suit actually doing his job and asking follow-up questions, catches … Read more

BlogForArizona Editorial Policy on Endorsements

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I don’t think anyone is actually looking to BlogForArizona for candidate endorsements, but I love policies. So what the heck; I’m going to have one on endrosements. I’m not going to do them. They’re dumb. The people who do them are dumb. Often the candidates are dumb. Why bother? The people who come here are … Read more

Patrick J. Buchanan and the Reconquista

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Patrick J. Buchanan’s new book "State of Emergency" is in pre-sales. The book is about illegal immigration from Mexico, forthrightly seeking to thrust the conspiracy theory of a Mexican Reconquista of southwestern American states to the center of the debate. This was a fairly obvious one, really, but I like all pronosticators, I have to … Read more

HellOnToni Cracks Open

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Espresso Pundit posted on a very interesting development in the CD 8 race. Toni Hellon, CD 8 candidate Mike Hellon’s ex-wife and a State Senator, filed an injunction against Bill Arnold, CD 8 candidate Steve Huffman’s campaign treasurer who’s notorious mainly for scumbaggery around some crooked Amphi School District land deals, for harrassment and reputational … Read more