The Democratic Party has filed a complaint against Gubernatorial candidate Len Munsil, because his website did not bear a “Paid for by…” on it. This may seem like a piddly complaint, but this law is designed to prevent the sort of anonymous attacks that we saw here in the CD 8 race last week. […]
The National Journal has now rated the Pederson - Kyl race as the ninth “hottest” in the country, ahead of the heavily contested open seat in Maryland. This is a three point jump from the previous rating.
In a related story, former Avondale Mayor Ronald Drake is still listed as “bubbling under” on the Hot 200 […]
I’ve got a couple of not necessarily related, and possibly contradictory thoughts on the whole William Jefferson thing.
If these allegations turn out to be true, Jefferson should be thrown out of Congress and serve some serious time. This goes without saying, but I’m saying it anyway because some conservative wag who posts here will […]
In honor of Memorial Day, instead of the usual snarky siliness of this blog, I invite you to read the stories of three Congressional Medal of Honor winners. Most of us, being Arizonans, know the tragic story of Corporal Ira Hayes, but it is always worth another look.
One you may not know is the story […]
Terry Goddard filed his petition signatures this week, and also turned his his “$5 Forms” for Clean Elections qualification. Many of the Clean Elections contributions came from members of the SEIU, newly established in this state and flexing its political muscle.
Word has come through the transom (Radio Free Europe…) that his opponent, Bill Montgomery, […]
Has anyone seen Jon Kyl’s new ad? He’s talking straight into the camera, giving us his take on the border. What is interesting about this is that it is free of the sort of alarmism that we have grown to expect from so many conservative politicians on this issue. He comes out against “amnesty,” but […]
I guess we have ourselves a trend. You may remember that last week a letter anonymously went out from a couple of brave souls trashing Councilmember José Ibarra. This week, some other group of oh so brave souls are trashing Senator Gabrielle Giffords.
Oh, but they aren’t anonymous…they have a name, “Real Democrats for Real Democrats.”
See, […]
Okay…I asked for confirmation from up north…and I got it. Grady Gammage Jr. is apparently registered as a Democrat, but is a conservative/moderate one that has given to Republicans like Sal DiCicco and Susan Bitter-Smith in the past.
One correspondent was happy to point out to me that Harry Mitchell’s treasurer, John Bebbling, had been […]
This is where I need help from some of you up in the Valley of the Yakes Sun. What is going on up there? I just heard that Grady Gammage Jr. is endorsing Harry Mitchell for Congress. Not just endorsing, he’s a campaign co-chairman.
Am I wrong here, isn’t Gammage a Republican? From what […]
I posted back in February that there was a rumor that David Petersen would resign from office. This led to his son Paul Petersen posting here and writing to me to tell me that his father would never, never resign. He also told me I was irrelevant, which made me wonder why he chose to […]
Today, the Pima County Democratic Party was treated to a visit from Randy Graf associate and former militia leader Russ Dove. Dove has been demanding access to the Party’s voter file, which has been refused, and was refused again today. Dove left in a huff, telling long time Democratic fixture Martin Bacal that he would […]
Okay, here I am to debunk a rumor rather than spread it. Frank Costanzo is not leaving the Patty Weiss campaign. Several people e-mailed me asking about this story, and apparently there was even a post on Daily Kos alleging that Costanzo had been canned. The “evidence” people have been giving is that Costanzo hadn’t […]
Our political firmament became a bit more void yesterday when former City Councilman Bruce Wheeler and former Rep. Mark Thompson threw in the towel, called it a day and left the stage.
(I’m hearing that I should use more metaphors. Or are those similes?)
To their credit, neither candidate said that they “needed to spend more […]
In the last couple of days Mike Hellon has debuted a new ad where he touts his expierence as Ronald Reagan’s Arizona mahout (a tough political assignment, I’m sure) and declaring himself a tough-guy on border issues. This is may mean he has given up on his scuffle with Steve Huffman over moderate Republican voters.
A […]
I hadn’t commented on Bush’s Monday immigration speech. I could come up with some convuluted explanation like I wanted it to sink in or something. Naw. Just laziness, what can I say?
As much as I hate to give him credit, I want to give him a few props for the tone of the speech. Even […]
I waited after I saw a transcript to post this, since I wanted to make sure I heard right. Keith Olbermann had on his show Col. Jack Jacobs, one of the ubiquitous retired military experts that find employment on our various cable news networks.
The subject came up of how exactly the national guard plan […]
My previous take:
The scorched earth campaigns against the previous two transportation questions had poisoned the waters against any transportation plan for the forseeable future.
My take now:
People were tired of the arguments about transportation in our community and were desperate for a solution that incorporated elements from both sides of the debate.
Rep. Raúl Grijalva will be talking about immigration tonight on NBC Nightly News. That is, unless some very important story breaks about Kevin Federline or Natalee Holloway.
A letter went out to Democratic activists yesterday attacking Councilmember José Ibarra. Most of the charges are rehashed from charges already in the media.
The letter criticizes Ibarra for an “assault on his secretary’s reputation,” but includes unfounded personal attacks on Ibarra’s reputation.
Ibarra isn’t up for re-election this year, and hasn’t said if he is running […]
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