Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I read an interesting post by Jean Edward Smith in a New York Times blog Filibusters: The Senate’s Self-Inflicted Wound that discussed the history of the filibuster and the 60 vote cloture rule in the U.S. Senate. [President Obama] must contend with a worrisome new feature in American politics: the trivialization of … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have posted previously about how every Democratic president since FDR has created more jobs in the economy than their Republican predecessor. I recently came across this cool graphic that emphatically makes this point (h/t to Devilstower at Daily Kos). Things are going to get better children now that a Democrat is … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's twin embarrassments, "Senator Sore Loser," John McCain and "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl, really outdid themselves recently in a bit of faux outrage over earmarks in the Omnibus spending bill from 2008. Senator Sore Loser clearly has not worked through the seven stages of grief over his fellow American citizens resoundingly rejecting … Read more
by David Safier I just got word from John Brakey that the ballots from the disputed RTA election are supposed to be counted April 6. If true, this is big news. The count/don't count controversy has been raging for quite awhile now — and the word "raging" is no exaggeration. If a definitive answer about … Read more
by David Safier Marana-ites? Is that the right term? It can't be Marana-ans. You could be a Marana-phile without living there, so that doesn't work. So, anyone live in Marana? Because we have a minor — or maybe more than minor — situation developing in the Town Council election. Tedski reported it on R-Cubed, and … Read more