Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last Friday the long-awaited 263-page Branchflower investigative report into Alaska’s "Troopergate" scandal was released to the public. A bipartisan (mostly Republican) legislative council voted 12-0 to find that Governor Sarah Palin had abused the power of her office by violating an ethics provision of Alaska law. Troopergate report: Palin abused power: Gov. … Read more
by David Safier LD-30 has been a pretty safe Republican district, until now. Andrea Dalessandro, the lone Democrat running for State House, has a fighting chance of taking one of the two seats. Even loyal Republican consultant Nathan Sproul lists LD-30 as vulnerable to a Democratic pickup. Republicans outnumber Democrats by a large margin in … Read more
by David Safier The Dry Heat has a story about a bogus Green Party candidate in LD-10 whose only purpose is to take votes away from Democrat Jackie Thrasher. The evidence? The “Green” candidate, Margarite Dale, was “a loyal GOPer who re-registered four days before the deadline to become a Green party member and candidate.” … Read more
by David Safier Christopher Buckley. Son of famed conservative William F. Buckley. Novelist like his father. Conservative like his father. Writes Wrote on the back page of the very conservative National Review his father founded. Supports Barack Obama. Let me repeat. Supports Barack Obama I have known John McCain personally since 1982. I wrote a … Read more
by David Safier The Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce doesn’t make a regular practice of endorsing Democrats. Those types of organizations are run by people who usually go with Republicans by reflex. Which makes that group’s endorsement of Cheryl Cage over Al Melvin in the LD-26 Senator race that much more significant. The members … Read more