Drinking Liberally 7/20

It’s time for Liberals to gather for the epicurian ritual of Drinking Liberally. As always, Drinking Liberally will be held at The Shanty on 9th Street at 4th Avenue downtown by the underpass. We kick off at 6pm. This week State Representative Ted Downing will be joining us. Ted has worked hard to put a … Read more

Pederson and Kyl July Polling

The latest SurveyUSA poll (whose methodologies I find to be somewhat low quality) has released the latest in a series of polls on the Pederson/Kyl race. The poll shows Kyl at 52% and Pederson at 40% with the balance undecided. What is most important about this poll is the trend line in the race that … Read more

Obama, Franken, and Dessert in the Desert

Signup up now to attend a MoveOn.org Dessert House Party. There will be desserts (just and otherwise) served and a teleconference with Al Franken and Senator Barrak Obama. Find out what you can do to help ensure a Democratic majority in Congress next year.

Patty Weiss Gets Creative

Patty Weiss’ campaign found an new way to make those increasingly dreary campaign e-mails interesting again. Rather than fancier formatting and interactive gew-gaws, she went the opposite direction with a hand-drawn cartoon note from her father. The total effect is little hokey, but it’s also very sweet, personal, and genuine. This is the sort of … Read more

July Quarterly Reports in AZ CD 8 race

Not all of the FEC filings are in, but enough are to be able to report a few interesting facts. Latas’ report is still unretrievable. Huffman’s was finally processed  and reviewable on July 20th. Patty Weiss brought in $134,589.14 this quarter, giving her a grand total of $308,308.14. Expenditures of $130K left her with $175K … Read more