The Arizona Daily Star must be feeling left out today, but don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about them.
Instead of publishing warmed-over press releases from the Martha McSally campaign as “news,” CD-2 candidate Martha McSally headlines Lincoln Day dinner in Hawaii, maybe the Star should have hired a political reporter to send down to Cochise County to cover the Lincoln Day dinner in closer proximity to Tucson. What, the Star can’t afford a stipend for gas and some food? Have Jim Click chip in.
Bill Hess at the Sierra Vista Herald can show your reporter how it’s done. Check out this report. Fighting for the ‘will of the people’ (the link has been fixed):
FORT HUACHUCA — Some words spoken more than 150 years ago are still a battle cry for Republicans.
For the GOP today the fight to ensure the will of the people is heard is what the Republican party stands for, Casey Jones, the chairman of the Cochise County Republican Committee, said at the formal opening of the annual Abraham Lincoln Day Dinner.
Quoting Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the final 14 words of the speech should be the motto of the Republican Party, Jones said.