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An ill wind is BREWERing in Arizona
November 20, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Many of you have heard by now that Governor Janet Napolitano has been tapped by the Obama transition team to become the new Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Napolitano may be Homeland Security pick It is only a matter of official confirmation. Napolitano would be a vast improvement over Michael
Kathleen Parker again
November 19, 2008
by David Safier God bless Kathleen Parker. The columnist was one of the first conservatives to reject Sarah Palin in print and came as close to saying she was voting for Obama as you can come without saying it. Since then, she's been on a tear in her columns. Today's topic is the way the
Where should you do your [Christmas] [Holiday] shopping?
November 18, 2008
by David Safier It's important to know which stores are Christmas-friendly, Christmas-negligent and Christmas-offensive when you go shopping. So we owe James Dobson's Focus on the Family a vote of thanks for telling us which is which. Just so you know what each category means: "Christmas-friendly" retailers — prominent acknowledgment of "Christmas" "Christmas-negligent" retailers — marginalized
Conservatives Jumping Ship: David Frum
November 17, 2008
by David Safier The "Conservatives Jumping Ship" series was supposed to end at the election, but here's another one: David Frum, former speech writer for Bush and now an author trying to figure out the shape of a new conservatism. First he said less than complementary things about Sarah Palin. Now he's leaving the National
The Electoral Map Does Not Tell The Whole Story
November 17, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Most of you by now have seen the electoral map depiction of the 2008 election (h/t fivethirtyeight.com). But simply using the map of the United States creates a visual distortion of election results in that the map is based upon land mass and is not weighted for population or other factors. Western
Let S. AZ be S. AZ
November 17, 2008
by David Safier The Phoenix-based Arizona Democratic Party needs to show more respect for Democrats in Southern Arizona during elections. We've developed some savvy pols down here who understand the lay of the land and have some good ideas about how to win elections, but the state party continues to treat us like slightly dim-witted
Update: So how did we do in this election?
November 17, 2008
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have been busy with post-election debriefings from candidates and consulting with colleagues in the election integrity community about the close elections still undecided and that appear headed for a recount. Before the election I predicted that Democrats would net 20-25 House seats in Congress. In fact, Democrats won 24 seats but lost only
