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

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: How do you take the textbook definition of a "safe" Republican district (a Democrat has not represented the region since 1854), a no-brainer that the Republican will win by default against token Democratic opposition, and lose the seat for the first time in 155 years? By caving in to pressure from the far-right … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Off-year elections are typically the subject of wild speculation and over interpretation by political observers. The conventional wisdom (CW) of the media villagers and Beltway bloviators is that the governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia are "bellwether elections" that are a "referendum" on newly elected presidents and are predictive of the … Read more

by David Safier If you haven't voted yet, VOTE! And if friends haven't voted, drag them to the polls. Meanwhile, on a topic more suitable to the 2010 election a year from now: Cap'n Al Melvin attended a town hall in Oro Valley October 30, sponsored by Americans for Prosperity and the Goldwater Institute. He … Read more

by David Safier Yet another Arizona paper which has performed a valuable journalistic service is shutting down. The East Valley Tribune will be ending both its newspaper and online presences at the end of the year. One less news source means some stories will slip by unreported, and other papers, pushed to better journalism by … Read more