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.

Jim Pederson’s ‘Free Ride’ Energy Ad

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Jim Pederson (D), who is running for US Senate against incumbent Jon Kyl (R), recently released his latest ad. It doesn’t even mention Kyl, but it does criticize Congress in vague terms for subsidizing big oil, implying by silence and association that Kyl voted for those subsidies in the latest Energy Bill. He didn’t. As … Read more

John W. Dean, “Conservatives Without Conscience”

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John W. Dean has done that hardest of things: speak the truth, even when it hurts. Dean weaves together social science research, including the much derided findings of Bob Altemeyer’s study that Conservative personalities tend to be fear-based, recent studies by political science scholars of changes to the rules and institutional culture of the Executive … Read more

Crop Art Installation in Phoenix

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Link: Crop Cul-de-Sac | Metropolis Magazine. Cool! For once, someone has done something artistic with crops who isn’t a space alien. The 30 acre field is a one third scale replica of a new nearby Planned Unit Development. The artist’s family sold part of their farm to developers to build the real development. I guess … Read more

Steve Huffman’s July 2006 Quarterly Fundraising

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Steve Huffman, Republican cadidate for Congress in AZ CD 8, finally got his FEC report in on July 20th. As off this writing, the FEC still hasn’t finished processing, so the report page images I prefer to use are still not available, though all the information is present on the site. Huffman raised very well … Read more

Arizona Ballot Measure Guide 2006 for All Propositions

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With an astonishing number of measures on the ballot this election, going to the polls is going to be almost like being a legislator. You are going to need a lobbyist in your pocket to keep everything straight. I’ve compiled some information on each of the ballot questions for you in case you want to … Read more