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Special Session Update: A critical week
July 27, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Legislature opens the fourth week of the Special Session on Monday with another "pledge and pray" session, and maybe some discussions on the budget. Political reporters are content to simply parrot the line given them by legislators of both political parties that "we are making progress" on budget negotiations (designed
Who knew?
July 26, 2009
by David SafierWho knew Groucho Marx created the theme song for today's Republican Party way back in the 1930s??
Quick Take
July 26, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Sunday Arizona Daily Star turned over its opinion page today to a discussion of health insurance reform from Sen. John McCain First, reform must do no harm, Sen. Jon Kyl Changes should not be rushed, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Health-care reform is our moon shot, and Rep. Raúl Grijalva Single-payer plan would fix
Promising
July 26, 2009
by David SafierToday's Star has short op eds on health care by Giffords, Grijalva, Kyl and McCain. Three are exactly what you would expect — the right stuff from Grijalva and the usual No's from Kyl and McCain. The fourth, from Giffords, seems to indicate she's moving in a positive direction. Giffords makes no firm
Krugman: Why markets can’t cure healthcare
July 26, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Worth the read Why markets can’t cure healthcare – Paul Krugman Blog: Judging both from comments on this blog and from some of my mail, a significant number of Americans believe that the answer to our health care problems — indeed, the only answer — is to rely on the free market.
The Alaska Disasta’s Last Day
July 26, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sunday is the Alaska Disasta's last day in office after she just up and quit mid-term, a matter of "stategery" so that she and First Dude Todd can invade the Lower 48 and run for president in 2012. A lucrative book deal, probably with conservative pulp fiction publisher Regerny Press, and guest
AZ 12th best state for business
July 25, 2009
by David SafierCNBC has its 2008 rankings of states for businesses. Arizona comes in number 12 overall. How do our neighboring states rank? Texas is number 1, and Utah is number 3. New Mexico is at 38, and Nevada is way, way down at 45. Arizona, then, ranks pretty well, despite the howlings of the
Update: Blue Dog temper-tantrum over, negotiations resume
July 25, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After stomping out of a meeting earlier in the day and taking their ball to go home, the Blue Dogs got all pissy, whined and threw a temper-tantrum until they got the attention they so much crave. Their childish behavior worked, unfortunately, and was rewarded with concessions from the House leadership. Leadership
