Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This will be the last “early filers” update. The state legislature goes back into session on Monday. Anyone filing for office now will not be exploring but running. Filings will really pick up now. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx There has been an extraordinary number of early candidate filings … Read more
by David Safier Whenever Democrats were nay sayers about anything American during the Bush years, it showed we hated our country. The Iraq War is a disaster. We're losing our standing in the world. Bush's U.S. is moving in the wrong direction. Bush's tax cuts are raising the government's debt. Hate America. Hate America. Hate … Read more
by David Safier An excellent piece on Kyl by Matt Yglesias. Kyl is blocking 6 Treasury Department nominees because Obama and the Fed Reserve didn't enact an anti-online gambling regulation in December. They're going to do it in June instead. This, ladies and gentlemen, is your modern United States Senate. If there’s some random crap … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There was some remarkable news reporting on Friday evening. This was the week that Republicans politicized terrorism again for partisan political advantage. Rep. Peter King (R-NY) complained that President Obama doesn't say the word "terrorism" enough (which was George Bush's talisman) even though he does, and King is using the "underpants bomber" … Read more
Arizona Senator John McCain was soundly rejected by Americans in the 2008 presidential election, the biggest Democratic landslide since 1964. Barack Obama 69,456,897 popular votes 52.92% 365 electoral votes John McCain 59,934,814 popular votes 45.66% 173 electoral votes Now Grumpy Grandpa, who is 73 years of age, wants Arizonans to return him to the Senate … Read more