Patrick J. Buchanan and the Reconquista

Patrick J. Buchanan’s new book "State of Emergency" is in pre-sales. The book is about illegal immigration from Mexico, forthrightly seeking to thrust the conspiracy theory of a Mexican Reconquista of southwestern American states to the center of the debate. This was a fairly obvious one, really, but I like all pronosticators, I have to … Read more

HellOnToni Cracks Open

Espresso Pundit posted on a very interesting development in the CD 8 race. Toni Hellon, CD 8 candidate Mike Hellon’s ex-wife and a State Senator, filed an injunction against Bill Arnold, CD 8 candidate Steve Huffman’s campaign treasurer who’s notorious mainly for scumbaggery around some crooked Amphi School District land deals, for harrassment and reputational … Read more

The CD 8 Gender Gap

Why is it that there is not a single female GOP candidate in CD 8, yet fully half of the Democrats, three out of six – Patty Weiss, Gabby Giffords, and Francine Shacter – are women? Why is the GOP incapable of fielding even one female candidate for one of the most competitive races in … Read more

Ted Downing and the Rio Nuevo Project Reauthorization

The Facts In the contentious LD 28 Senate primary race, the recent successful reauthorization of Rio Nuevo has been fashioned into a sort of political litmus test for loyalty to Tucson’s interests. Paula Aboud has repeatedly accused Ted Downing of not supporting the reauthorization, even though he voted for the final bill. This has been … Read more