Entries from October 2006

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Tommorrow’s Kenski Poll

Tommorrow, the Tucson Weekly will print the results of a poll undertaken by Republican pollster Margaret Kenski in CD 8.
Word on the street is that the poll shows Gabrielle Giffords still maintaining a double digit lead against Randy Graf.
Check the Weekly’s blog tommorrow. If they do what they did last time they did a poll, [...]

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Querard Rears His Head in Baja Arizona

Some of you political geeks out there probably know who Constantine Querard is. He is a political consultant up in Maricopa County who works to get ultra-conservative candidates elected to office. Many of the candidates he has worked for have run afoul of campaign finance laws. Most infamously, David Burnell Smith, who was thrown out [...]

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

And This Will Win Him Votes Because…?

Last week, a mailer from the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund hit mailboxes in CD 8. The mailer endorsed Randy Graf and Jon Kyl.
By the way, the mailer was a post card that looked like something that a particularly dull neighborhood association would put out. Geez, here I thought the NRA was well funded.
One [...]

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

CD 5 – Charlie Cook Revises Rating

Political prognosticator Charlie Cook has moved the race between J. D. Hayworth and Harry Mitchell from “Leans Republican” to “Toss Up.”
He also stated:
THERE IS NO EBB IN THE WAVE: With the election just eight days away, there are no signs that this wave is abating. Barring a dramatic event, we are looking at the prospect [...]

Monday, October 30th, 2006

District 26 Update

Some internal polling after the primary showed Democrat Charlene Pesquiera dead even with Republican Al Melvin. The RINO hunters on the Republican side may have overplayed their hand here. Even though they can’t stand the “liberalism” (their word) of Toni Hellon and Pete Hershberger, it may, in fact, be reflective of the sort of Republicans [...]

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Arkansan Travels Here

One of my operatives tells me that a guy named Bill Clinton is coming to Tucson on Thursday to campaign for Democratic nominees.
I’m not sure who this guy is, but I hear he resembles blogger George Tuttle.

Monday, October 30th, 2006

201 and 206: You Are Either For Freedom, Or Against It

I’ve seen some ads and comments from people that are supporting the R. J. Reynolds backed Proposition 206. I’m a bit confused by it.
I saw an interview with one supporter of 206, and he said that unlike 201, 206 represents “freedom.” Their advertisements have sent this message as well. This has also been reflected in [...]

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

Now I’ve Gone and Done It

Okay, I have done something I’ve been tempted to do in the past, but have never done: I’ve deleted a comment. I’ve deleted spam before, but not a real subtantive comment.
The comment contained baseless and hurtful personal allegations against Gabrielle Giffords and her fianceé, Commander Mark Kelly, and were also hurtful towards Kelly’s children and [...]

Friday, October 27th, 2006

He May Have to Admit That Our Tamales Are Better

Bill Richardson will be in Tucson next Thursday to campaign for Gabrielle Giffords. He will be making his appearance at 3:30, stay tuned to this station for details.

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Did She, Or Didn’t She?

An update on the Sunnyside School Board shenanigans:
Word has come down through the transom that there are doubts about the Linda Lopez resignation letter. People have seen a draft, but there are questions about whether it has actually been delivered to the Sunnyside School Board. Folks are wondering if she just did this to mess [...]

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