Thursday, January 31, 2008
At the outset of the current budget fight, I posted that Russell Pearce’s budget proposals included an upper income tax cut as well as a property tax cut of a quarter of a billion dollars. I was mistaken, I was confused when a contact gave me some information and didn’t understand that the “upper income [...]
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Years ago, I attended a memorial service for Morris Udall. One of the speakers was author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams. She pointed to Udall’s Mormon upbringing as a big part of why he became congress’s greatest conservationist. She read some passages that were quite beautiful calls to protect the earth. Many in the [...]
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Any of you ever see the War Room? At the end, James Carville is looking at Ross Perot’s “concession” (if it can even be called that) and exclaims, “This was the single greatest act of masturbation in history!”
With the Republican heavy hitters out of the CD 1 race, word is out that Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes has been talking seriously about getting back into the running. “Back in” may be a strong term, since it is hard for me to tell whether she was anything more than “mentioned.” Something that will be [...]
Democratic party activist Donna Branch-Gilby made a short announcement at the Democrats of Greater Tucson luncheon today that she is going to take on Sharon Bronson in the upcoming election. I like Branch-Gilby, and Bronson doesn’t always make me happy. However, I’m not sure how Branch-Gilby finds the money to run a strong campaign against [...]
The word out on the dusty streets of this here territory is that former Senator Dennis DeConcini is going to announce his endorsement of Barack Obama. So, let me get this right, first Ted Kennedy, now DeConcini. Isn’t this about the time that the “party establishment” swings behind the “establishment” candidate?
Saturday, January 26, 2008
The talk is that after the South Carolina primary, John Edwards will not drop out. Instead, it is expected that he will release his endorsers from their obligations. Locally, Edwards biggest booster is Raúl Grijalva. Should Grijalva be “released,” it is expected that he will endorse Barack Obama. Being able to use Grijalva’s considerable grass [...]
Survey USA has a new poll out that shows Barack Obama leading Hillary Clinton among hispanic voters in South Carolina 53-17. This is, by the way, a larger margin than Obama is leading over all. I hope this leads to a end the pundit meme that claims that latino voters are reluctant to vote for [...]
At a meeting of Barack Obama supporters last night, I got outed as a blogger by an activist I’ve known for a while. He also challenged me to write about the meeting. It was one of several meetings held last night in various parts of town for folks who have signed up to work on the [...]
