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BradBlog covers RTA ballot counting
April 4, 2009
by David SafierIf you haven't gotten enough info already about the upcoming counting of the RTA ballots, or you want to hear the story from an Election Integrity perspective, Brad Friedman of BradBlog just posted an exhaustive discussion of recent events, from Goddard's taking the ballots to Phoenix to the politics of choosing observers, and
Arizona government assets fire sale?
April 4, 2009
by David SafierI would like to understand this better. Napolitano and Democrats proposed borrowing against future tobacco funds and lottery revenues to balance the budget. Republicans said that's mortgaging our future, making our children pay, and so on. (Somehow, drastic cuts in education don't fit the "making our children pay" line of reasoning for them.)
Obama Budget Outline Approved by Congress
April 4, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republican talking heads on radio and cable "news" outlets like Faux News like to point to the House Democrats "Blue Dog Coalition" as evidence of "bipartisan" opposition to President Obama's agenda, while ignoring the plank in their own eye. (I will explain in a later post why this is mostly nonsense
This troubles me
April 4, 2009
by David SafierThis isn't an anti-gun screed. My gun fancier acquaintances needn't worry. But Charles Blow writes in an NY Times op ed: According to the F.B.I., there have been 1.2 million more requests for background checks of potential gun buyers from November to February than there were in the same four months last year.
Sen. Kyl’s Paris Hilton Amendment
April 3, 2009
Posted by AzBliueMeanie: Our own "Senator Obstruction," Jon Kyl, has voted against the bank rescue bill, the federal stimulus bill, and the Obama budget resolution designed to rescue our economy from sliding into a depression (see David Safier's post on Robert Reich). Eh, just let it go! Has your 401(k) been decimated? Have you had
Ah, Robert, you dreamer you!
April 3, 2009
by David SafierRobert Reich, writing on his TPM blog, says we're in a depression — not as bad as the Great Depression, but not a recession any more. So what should we do? Spend, spend spend. On the right things. We should stop worrying about Wall Street. Worry about American workers. Use money to build
Giffords courts her progressive wing
April 3, 2009
by David SafierLast night, after I posted about my phone conversation with Rep. Giffords, I got an email from a friend in Green Valley. "Dang, David," she wrote, "I thought I was the lucky one….but, no, GG paid attention to you too. . . . She reassured me that the big O had her vote
Giffords to vote Yes on budget
April 2, 2009
by David SafierI just got a call from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (I won't pretend this happens all the time. It's a first). She let me know that the House vote on the budget comes up in about an hour (that would be 4pm our time), and she's voting Yes. Giffords is very careful when it
