Giving thanks in 2020

What a year it has been with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic into our global community, and the current worldwide death toll at 1.42 million. In the US the death toll is 262,000 and in Arizona, 6,500 (and counting). Despite these figures, we know people (even relatives) who think this coronavirus pandemic is a … Read more

Arizona is Bluer but More Needs to be Done

Overall, Democrats in Arizona did do well in the November 3, 2020 elections. Joe Biden became the first Democrat since Bill Clinton in 1996 to win Arizona in the Presidential Election. For the first time since 1953, Arizona will be represented by two Democratic Senators (Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly.) Anna Tovar will bring an … Read more

In “Democracy,” the Lincoln Project Calls on Republicans to Put Democracy and America First

The Lincoln Project is continuing its assault on the Republican Party with the new ad “Democracy.” Commenting that voters in 2020 elected Joe Biden President “with the most votes ever cast for a President in U.S. History,” the narrator pointed out that “most Republican leaders (Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, Kelly Loeffler, and David Perdue) are refusing … Read more

One Way To Still Get a Democratic Majority in the Senate: Appoint Republican Senators to Cabinet or Ambassadorial Positions

Senator Susan Collins just won a new term representing the people of Maine. She has been the Chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. She might be a good selection for Secretary of the Homeland Security Department. North Carolina Senator Richard Burr has decided he will not run for reelection in 2022. … Read more

Pragmatic and Liberal Progressives Should Not Be Openly Bickering the Day After the Democratic Winners are Declared

Well, the bickering between the Pragmatic and Liberal Progressive Wings of the Democratic Party did not take long to come out into the open. Less than 24 hours after President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris gave their victory speeches emphasizing unity and moving the country forward, Democratic House Representatives of both wings of … Read more