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 Few Common Cents on the Pending Pima County Board of Supervisors Appointment

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I just finished watching the League of Women Voters candidate forum for the applicants for appointment to the District Three Supervisorial position on our Board of Supervisors. I was impressed by everyone’s professionalism and enthusiasm for public service. No one stood out as being especially unqualified by temperament, experience, or motive in seeking the position. … Read more

The #ArizonaEleven Fake Trump Electors Are Going to Need Fresh Pants

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Now that Ken Chesebro has turned his coat on his former felonious friends, resulting in indictments or pleas in three states, every fake elector across the land, including those among the top of the MAGA GOP power structure here in AZ, has felt their bowels loosening. The investigation of these traitors by the offices of … Read more

The Most Important Argument for Arizona’s Women is this Tuesday. You Can Watch!

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Arizona’s Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments on an appeal out of District Two regarding the Arizona Legislature’s rampage of anti-abortion laws and the territorial era law entirely banning and criminalizing any abortion next Tuesday. Here is the Court’s argument summary. Here is the lower court’s opinion (PDF link), which would stand should the … Read more

Has MAGA GOP Cried Wolf on the Economy Once Too Often?

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AZBlueMeanie has been howling recently to me about how utterly fakakta the polling sentiments around the Biden economy have been. And he’s absolutely right: there is a huge divergence between how the economy is actually doing and many people’s perception of it. I have rarely seen that divergence better visualized than this chart which Chris … Read more