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.

Hayworth Lies About the Estate Tax Vote

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Hayworth’s rationale for his support of the most ironic bill ever, the minumum wage increase/dynasty tax cut, is compete and utter bullshit. He said, "The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses. Permanently reducing the death [sic] tax allows family-run businesses, farms and … Read more

Ted Downing and the Spousal Rape Law

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I received an interesting email from Merrill Eisenberg, a long-time Democratic party activist and UofA faculty member, regarding the LD 28 Senate race between Ted Downing and Paula Aboud to replace Gabby Giffords in the State Senate. I personally like and respect both candidates, have worked with both of them on campaigns or legislation, and … Read more

Drinking Liberally 8/3

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Liberals will be gathering once again for conversation, community, and consumption of mass quantities at the Shanty this Thursday evening starting at 6pm. The Shanty is located at 4th Avenue and 9th Street at the underpass. There are no planned guests this evening, but Republican Congressional candidate Frank Antenori may be stopping by for a … Read more

Oh, Shiite!

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Last year, Bush invoked a sophomoric vision of a Sunni based restoration of the Caliphate under the leadership of Al Qaeda as the new boogieman justifying our bloated military industrial complex and neo-colonial foriegn policy. In reponse, I wrote an article about the much more tangible threat posed by a newly energized Shiite pan-nationalism, unified … Read more

Clear Channel Channels a Seditious God

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Did that piss you off? Good. That feeling means you are a real American. The fucking seditious assholes at Clear Channel who are forcing people to look at this sententious, presumptious, blasphemous, anti-American, Constitution-undermining bullshit, don’t know that feeling. These theo-totalitarian bags of shit are actively trying to undermine the Constitutional order under the guise … Read more