Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of the "four horsemen" of anti-immigrant hysteria in Maricopa County and the pied-piper of teabaggers, J.D. Hayworth, has been accused by former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods (and former chief of staff to Sen. John McCain) of violating FEC regulations by using his talk radio show on KFYI-550 AM to promote … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Dawn Teo of the Huffington Post has more background on the accusations against Brett Mecum, Executive Director of the Arizona Republican Party Top Arizona Republican Accused of Using Voter Database to Stalk Woman: More misconduct has been alleged against Arizona Republican Party executive director Brett Mecum, who is now the subject of … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Whatever arrangement Tiger Woods may have with his wife Elin, if any, the tragic victims of this sordid tale are two young children, Sam Alexis Woods and Charlie Axel Woods. This drama will haunt them for the rest of their lives. Perhaps Tiger should have thought of his children first. The self-destruction … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Short answer: it takes a two-thirds vote – 67 votes – to change the archaic rules of the U.S. Senate. Do the math. It ain't gonna happen. Norman Ornstein, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote this excellent analysis of the U.S. Senate back in March of this year Our … Read more
by David Safier The NY Times has an article this morning on McCain's current position in the Senate, filling a leadership vacuum by putting himself in the spotlight. It's a fairly nuanced piece, showing McCain's personal and political strengths and weaknesses. And the headline does a pretty good job of expressing the article's tone: McCain, … Read more