AZ Congressional Delegation

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Arizona congress critters Ron Barber and Kyrsten Sinema are targeted by the RNCC in 2014, and this has led them to accept some really bad advice from Democratic pols and consultants on how they need to position themselves on votes in the House.

This led Congressman Ron Barber to twice vote with the Republicans for a delay in the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act aka "ObamaCare," and to vote for a series of "mini-CR" funding bills for government agencies that the Tea-Publican economic terrorists did as political theater (it was never going to become law). Congressman Barber in his press releases explained that he did this to "keep the government open." Congresswoman Sinema did the same.

If they thought that voting with the Tea-Publican economic terrorists on these political theater bills would somehow insulate them from political attacks or give them political cover, they were naively mistaken. The billionaire bastard Koch brothers were always going to attack them anyway. Tea Party Group Begins Anti-Health Care Law Blitz in Four House Districts:

Americans for Prosperity, the Tea Party group that has made rolling
back the health care law one of its priorities, is starting a $2 million
campaign of television, radio and Internet advertisements aimed at
lawmakers facing tough re-election battles in four House swing
districts.

The group, backed by the billionaire industrialist brothers Charles
and David Koch, is focusing on two Democrats — Representatives Ron
Barber of Arizona and Scott Peters of California — about the
problem-plagued rollout of the program’s online health insurance
exchanges.

And it is using the ads to thank two vulnerable Republicans —
Representatives Mike Coffman of Colorado and Steve Southerland of
Florida — for ‘’fighting back’’ and voting to repeal the law.

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Senator John McCain is threatening us, saying he may run again. What did Arizonans do to deserve his enmity? McCain
says he is 'seriously thinking' about 6th term in 2016:

Sen. John McCain said Tuesday he is “very seriously considering” running for a sixth term in 2016.

McCain, a veteran Arizona Republican and the 2008 GOP presidential
nominee, first made the announcement in an interview on Phoenix radio
station KFYI-AM (550) and later reiterated his comments to reporters
after a constituent event.

McCain, who would turn 80 by Election Day 2016, previously had been
saying he had not decided whether to retire. His Tuesday remarks appear
to reflect an evolution in his thinking about a possible re-election
campaign.

McCain reiterated that he still has a year or so to make a final decision about running again.

“I am very seriously considering it, and I don’t see any reason why I
shouldn’t,” McCain said after an afternoon town-hall-style meeting in
Phoenix.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Hermey the Misfit Elf Paul Gosar, the dentist who plays a congressman on TV, is a "Debt Denier." He has lost his freakin' mind. He told the Arizona Republic:

Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., said he was frustrated many Republicans
caved to Democrats by voting for the bipartisan deal to reopen the
government and raise the debt ceiling.

“All we’ve done is taught a spoiled child they’re going to get their way,” he said.

Despite the outcome, it was worth the effort, Gosar said. He vowed
that he and other Republicans will continue to try to block the
3-year-old health-care law for the remainder of Obama’s presidency.

“I don’t know how Republicans lost at all,” he said. “We had a
conversation with the American people on a program that is destined to
fail.”

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The Washington Post reported on Saturday, White House finds unlikely alliance in business community:

President Obama, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and senior adviser Valerie
Jarrett spoke to nearly 150 business executives on a conference call
Friday with an update on their efforts to avoid a default, according to a
White House summary of the call.

When the call ended, Jarrett entered the Roosevelt Room of the White
House to meet with lobbyists for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the
National Association of Manufacturers, the Financial Services Roundtable
and other business groups representing aerospace and technology
companies. During the meeting, Jarrett and Brian Deese, deputy director
of the Office of Management and Budget, asked the business groups to
encourage their member companies to communicate with lawmakers on the
urgency of finding a negotiated solution[.]

* * *

[T]he U.S. Chamber is doing research on key states where it can battle
back against tea party candidates willing to use the country’s debt
repayments as a bargaining chip.

“I do think we need to act. We
need to combine and concentrate our efforts to succeed,” said Bruce
Josten, the U.S. Chamber’s executive vice president for government
affairs, noting the interest he and others have in exploring primary
challenges of tea party candidates. “But the equation is complicated and
requires very good information.”