Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

This from Mr. Super, live at the Rules and Bylaws committee:
I would love to see a counter testimony from a state that wanted to move up its primary but chose not to

Here’s one from Mr. Super at the Rules and Bylaws committee:
Ickes not at the table
Remember that Harold Ickes was one of the movers on the committee when they decided to punish Florida and Michigan in the first place. Of course, this was before his chosen candidate needed Florida and Michigan…
I’d be interested in hearing what […]

It’s Q and A similar to a Supreme Court hearing. The committee members are asking questions of Nelson which actually seemed to be aimed at each other.

Mr. Super has been sending me updates from the Rules and Bylaws Committee. Here are his first few:
Outside crowds have started to die down. Nearly all rally signs were professionally made- not home made. No significant Obama presence.
A lot of activists have taken to the lobby and are watching the mtg on big screens. They […]

I just recieved this press release from the Senate Democratic Caucus. I’m making some calls so I can have details for y’all later:
STATE CAPITOL, Phoenix – President Tim Bee denied Senate Democrats the ability to use a public hearing room to hear from constituents and industry representatives on the mortgage crisis in Arizona.
“I am greatly […]

So, what exactly do you call an initiative that guts the initiative process, anyway?
You can call it “Majority Rules - Let the People Decide,” since it hasn’t yet been given a number.
Here’s what it does, from the text of the initiative:
TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH TRUE MAJORITY […]

Ricky Martin endorses Clinton
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pop star Ricky Martin is backing Hillary Rodham Clinton ahead of Puerto Rico’s primary on Sunday.
The Grammy-winning singer on Wednesday said Clinton has shown a commitment to the needs of the Hispanic community.
Martin is one of the territory’s top-selling artists, whose hits including “She Bangs” and […]

Rumors up on West Washington are that Marian McClure is struggling to get signatures and support in her race for Corporation Commission.
If you remember, McClure was the one who had opposed the anti-gay marriage referendum, then voted for it and all but admitted it was so she could secure support in her primary.
(By the way, […]

I got an e-mail from a group called Democrats Work who are looking for suggestions on where General Wesley Clark should stop in for a visit this summer. The group is looking at bringing Clark to various parts of the country to campaign for congressional challengers. This, unfortunately, excludes protecting our two first term incumbents, […]

In a chapel at the Jagellonian University, one Mikołaj Kopernik is turning over…
Got this from a new Gallup survey:
As far as you know, does the earth revolve around the sun, or does the sun revolve around the earth?
Earth revolves around the sun - 79%
Sun revolves around the earth - 18%
No opinion - 3%
If it makes […]

Here is a video of Tim Bee after leaving the John McCain fundraiser last night. Is it just me, or is he hedging on support for George Bush? I mean, is he for our Commander-in-Chief or not? Why does he hate our troops so much?

Steve Farley had a synopsis of the goings on at the legislature yesterday in his weekly e-mail to supporters. I was going to pull a couple of key paragraphs out of there and post them, but it quickly became an entry in the summarize Proust competition. I talked to Farley, and he is okay with […]

The State Senate took a recess for a few hours yesterday afternoon, and re-convened later in the evening.
What was the reason for this? What important matter needed to be attended to?
Tim Bee needed to attend that John McCain fundraiser with George Bush. Yeah, you know the one we’ve been poking fun at because they had […]

The judge has made his rulling in the election integrity lawsuit here in Pima County. The county must make available its databases to the political parties for examination. Michael Bryan has been good about covering this issue and has an extensive post on Blog for Arizona about it.
This is once again in the laps of […]

Anyone remember all that hoohah a few months back about CPS? If you remember, we had Republican legislators complaining about the size of case loads and trying to mandate expensive drug testing. Although there were folks who were advocating for more money being spent on recruiting more caseworkers and retaining the ones that are there […]

Somebody with the name Crushie is less than happy with my being picked as the delegation blogger. You can read his or her rants here and here.
Apparently, Crushie thinks that I shouldn’t have been picked over Blog for Arizona, because I am some sort of DLC tool. Funny thing that, given my criticism of folks […]

The folks over at Sonoran Aliance have a warning for the John McCain campaign after they saw this shot of a weekend Barack Obama campaign rally that drew (depending on what report you believe) between 75,000 and 80,000 people:

Don’t worry guys, Mandy Grunwald would probably tell you that they don’t look like voters.
Which, in a […]

I struggled with a couple of comments to make on this one, but some stupidity is so offensive that it must stand on its own. Check this one out.

There was a rumor going around the capitol that Richard Kimball, the Democratic nominee to US Senate in 1986 and now the head of Project Vote Smart, was going to endorse Tim Bee.
This sounded weird to me, since Kimball’s current work keeps him from taking sides in elections by necessity. The closest he’s come is […]

This is from the website of Yuma resident and independent candidate for US House in District 7 Harley Meyer:
Some would consider me one of the smartest people in the world. Knowing this, I believe I have a moral obligation to help out.
I have my degrees from the U of Minnesota and a superior IQ. Having […]