Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

Several Republican protestors were across the street from the Temple of Music and Art. One was saying things in Spanish, which is ironic for a number of reasons.
Here was something I found a bit funny: a couple of them shouted things about Howard Dean’s infamous scream after the Iowa Caucus three years ago. […]

Howard Dean last night at a rally at the Temple of Music and Art:
And CD 8 will elect a Democratic congresswoman…I mean, congressperson…
Dean is predicting a primary win for Francine Schacter, definitely.

Paul Begala on Blitz Woofer’s Situation Room yesterday:
WOLF BLITZER: So do the Tom Tancredos, the [Jim] Sensenbrenners, do they lose as a result of Chris Cannon’s win?
PAUL BEGALA: Yes! If, (pause) I love it when Republicans fight, it’s the Neanderthals versus the Cro-Magnons, OK? And so what happened here is the slightly more moderate position, […]

I am having a great deal of trouble sleeping tonight, so don’t be suprised when you see the time stamp on this entry. Of course, no matter what time I post, I get a comment within about ten or fifteen minutes.
A lot of folks out in this here blogosphere are making a great deal out […]

We had a Democratic candidate for congress way back in 1992 named Jim Toeves who ran a suicide mission race against Rep. Jim Kolbe. Toeves, in his younger years, was a mover in the national Young Republicans and was one of the army of young supporters that helped Barry Goldwater win the presidential nomination in […]

Patty Weiss took a bit of a break from accepting unissued debate challenges to take a shot at Republican Steve Huffman. With all the bricks flying among the Democrats, I was worried we didn’t have any left to throw at the Republicans.
We all think of Huffman as the “moderate” Republican candidate, but this also means […]

So, Rush Limbaugh was caught with Viagra that he probably wasn’t supposed to have after a Carribean vacation.
So that leads me to ask why he needed Viagra.
Then it makes me think about things and generated images for me that have ruined me for a week.
Thanks.

Former Avondale Mayor Ron Drake was spotted at McMahon’s Prime Steakhouse meeting with local Republican leaders to plan strategy for his congressional race against Raúl Grijalva. One of the people he met with was one-time-talked-about Republican CD 8 candidate Christine Olson.
One of the topics discussed was how to win over the Hispanic vote on the […]

A poll was released last week that showed that Patty Weiss had a ten point lead over Gabrielle Giffords. So, if Patty is the front runner, why has she decided to go negative against one of her opponents. I mean, no need to, since she is so far ahead, right?
Weiss’s campaign is taking Giffords on […]

I guess Mike Hellon has totally given up on this “Moderate Republican” thing. I don’t know if his polling has shown that he can’t compete with Steve Huffman for the moderates, or if he thinks that there are still a few in the anti-immigrant crowd that haven’t heard of Randy Graf.
His latest round of ads […]

Patty Weiss’s campaign released one of their internal polls this week, showing that Weiss has a lead over Gabrielle Giffords, 32% to 22%. The poll also showed that Weiss has a 63% favorability rating among primary voters.
This brings up something interesting for political geeks like me. During this phase of the campaign, while most […]

Harry Mitchell introduced a group of thirteen current and former elected Republican officials who have endorsed his candidacy. The group included former Senate president and gubernatorial nominee Leo Corbett and Tempe City Councilman Ben Arrendondo. They also included former Attorney General Grant Woods.
So, what is J. D. Hayworth’s response? “You’ve got thirteen, I’ve got […]

Following on the heels of the Sierra Club’s endorsement, the League of Conservation voters announced their endorsement of Gabrielle Giffords yesterday. Look for some of our loyal posters to twist this into more proof that the League and Giffords are some sort of Republican sell-outs out to destroy American democracy.
From the League’s press release:
“LCV is […]

Espresso Pundit tried to play “gotcha” with Gabrielle Giffords and accused her of “waving the bloody shirt.”
One thing he took issue with was her supposed “claim” to be the youngest legislator. Well, the trouble was, she never made that claim.
Espresso Pundit pulls the offending quote from an article quoted on Gabrielle Giffords’s website. The original […]

Phx Kid, a huge fan of my blog…I’ll convert the guy yet, has taken issue with my characterizing Russ Dove as a Randy Graf ally. In a response to one of my previous posts, he said:
Tedski do you have any proof that Dove is working for a/the Republican(s)? Please provide it. It’s kind of like […]

I attended a breakfast meeting yesterday at Tucson Newspapers where candidates and politicos could hear from the editorial staffs of both newspapers and, oh yeah, meet their advertising staff too.
An interesting thing for me was when the editors of the papers went over their rules regarding letters to the editor. Some may remember that the […]

This is me doing more catching up on the things that have ticked me off over the last four or five days.
The Star has a new political reporter named Daniel Scarpinato. I’ve met him, and he seems to be eager to do a good job. I’ve actually liked what he has gotten in […]

My adoring public has apparently noticed that I haven’t been posting much. I did warn y’all that this might happen.
Of course, you are all over me, but Mr. T goes unscathed despite the rampant sloth he has demonstrated on his blog. I would like to point out in my defense that my other blog […]

One reader noted that Dwight Leister’s website was changed over the last week or so such that the year is no longer listed as 2006 (although the domain name still says “2006″), reflecting the reality that he did not qualify as a candidate in this election.
Apparenly, Leister still thinks of himself as a candidate, as […]

Randy Graf announced this morning that Steve Aiken is no longer a member of his campaign. Graf is saying that he had no idea how bad the charges were; he had originally said that they were no more serious than giving an underage person beer. Really, no one on your campaign knew how bad it […]