The Accidental Governor to announce she will run for governor
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Accidental Governor will find that succession to office is so much easier than election to office. Jan Brewer will announce today that she intends to run for governor in 2010. Apparently she believes that gross incompetence and abject failure are to be rewarded. The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) reports: Gov. … Read more
DOE News Flash: Ethnic Studies doesn’t boost achievement! (Maybe)
by David Safier Man, Tom Horne has spent a lot of Ed Supe time and Dept of Ed money trying to knock down Tucson's Ethnic Studies programs. Who knows how much time he's wasted and how many miles he's logged traveling to Tucson just to hold press conferences trashing the program. And now he's wasted … Read more
Musings on the election
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
Tucson Election Unofficial Results
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
McClatchy News’ Investigative Report on Goldman Sachs – Part 4
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
Fourth Special Session on Tap
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
Epic Teabagger fail in NY-23
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
