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.

Peering Into the Future with Janet

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Napolitano became first woman to Chair the National Governor’s Association at the 2006 annual meeting, a position used by both Bill Clinton and Howard Dean as a lanching pad into national politics. After an extremely successful first term during which Janet moved forward strongly her agenda to create an all day Kindergarden program and stood … Read more

Drinking Liberally 8/17

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It is time once again for liberals to gather at the Shanty in downtown Tucson for drink, companionship, and civilized conversation. The event will be catered courtesy of the Shanty. This ThursdayStarting at 6pmThe Shanty401 E. 9th Street (4th Ave. and 9th St.)At the underpass This week, our special guest is Representative Phil Lopes, the … Read more

Giffords Makes First Podcast

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Gabby Giffords’ first podcast has been released. To my knowledge it is the first podcast of Arizona’s CD 8 campaign. There are some issues with the content of the podcast, but I have to give her campaign props for proper distribution. The podcast is available at iTunes, which will certainly increase the discoverability of the … Read more

Arizona Congressional District 8 Political Sign Critique

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I thought it would be amusing to take a look at some of the simplest form of political messaging in the CD 8 race: street and yard signs. I believe political signs mostly reassure supporters that your campaign is heathly and viable. Yet doing them badly may be worse than not doing them at all. … Read more