Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Accidental Governor will find that succession to office is so much easier than election to office. Jan Brewer will announce today that she intends to run for governor in 2010. Apparently she believes that gross incompetence and abject failure are to be rewarded. The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) reports: Gov. … Read more
by David SafierThe bloggers' code (which I had to swear to uphold before they'd teach me the secret handshake) requires me to air my inexpert opinions about Tuesday's elections. Here they are, for what they're worth. Republicans earned bragging rights. They picked themselves up from the 2008 losses and scored some significant wins around the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The updated numbers are now in for the City of Tucson election. As of 13:43:36 on November 4, 2009. with 100% of precincts reporting, here are the unofficial results: City Council Ward 3 Karin Uhlich (D) 30,350 47.22% Ben Buehler-Garcia (R) 29,906 46.53% Mary DeCamp (G) 3,928 6.11% City Council … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: McClatchy News continues its investigative report on Goldman Sachs with part 4 of the series Why did blue-chip Goldman take a walk on subprime's wild side?: Goldman Sachs was one of the last Wall Street giants to enter the subprime lending world, but when it did, it quickly climbed into bed with profligate, … Read more
Posted by azBlueMeanie: It appears the Accidental Governor and the GOP insane clown posse leadership have come to a tentative agreement on a Special Session, but leadership hasn't polled their membership on the specifics of any proposed spending cuts to know whether the bill has the votes necessary to pass. The Accidental Governor does not … Read more