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.

A Diddy from the Troops

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Our boys ‘over there’ are closer to us than ever before, thanks to internet technology and Web 2.0 sites like iFilm. Here’s a little music video from three GIs in the ‘Ghan that lets you know exactly what’s on their minds on a daily basis. BTW, VBIED stands for Vehicle Based Improvised Explosive Device, i.e. … Read more

Why Lopez Obrador is Right for Mexico… and America

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UPDATE: Greg Pallast points out that the Bush Administration may not be content with the outcome of democracy in Mexico. The Administration might be inclined to ensure the ‘right’ result. And ZMag has an interesting article on the potential for violence and direct action in this Sunday’s election. The economic case is made by the … Read more

Screening Liberally 6/29

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Drinking Liberally presents Screening Liberally this Thursday. Liberal Drinkers will be attending Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvient Truth’ at the 5:10 pm showing at Century El Con 20. Look for the Drinking Liberally pins on people in the lobby. You can buy tickets at the door (no danger of sell-outs now) or buy them online in … Read more

Who is William “Bill” Johnson, Candidate for CD 8?

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UPDATE: Picked up by Dave Niewert at Orcinus. It surprised a lot of people when William Daniel Johnson jumped into the Democratic primary in Arizona’s Congressional District 8 at the last minute. He filed his FEC organization on 5/13/06, and filed 1430 signatures on 6/14/06 out of the blue. That’s nearly as many signatures as … Read more

Towards An Oil Free Congress

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UPDATE: The rally went very well. We had about 50 people turn out and media coverage from KGUN 9 News. Patty Weiss and Franchine Shacter both came in person, along with volunteers and representatives from the Latas and Giffords campaigns. Patty took a pledge on camera, and Shacter and Giffords also intend to take a … Read more