Entries from May 2008

Monday, May 19th, 2008

Um…What About That?

Anyone remember how, week before last, the legislature took Thursday off with the implicit promise that the Republican leadership would have a budget to present to the full legislature by the following Monday?
Well, today is the Monday following the following Monday. One more Thursday off for the house, and still nothing.
I’ve talked to a couple [...]

Monday, May 19th, 2008

What, You Mean He’s From Here?

From an article in this morning’s Arizona Republic:
The complaints echo a common refrain heard from local McCain critics in just about every demographic. Namely, that since emerging in the 1990s as a top national political figure and presidential contender, McCain has neglected his Arizona constituents and responsibilities.

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

McAuliffe Wins Caucuses in the State of Denial

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Press Down Upon the Brow of Labor…

Tim Bee is bringing Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to Tucson for a fundraiser on Tuesday.  It would be so easy for me to go after Chao for being an anti-worker Secretary of Labor: whether it comes to being dismissive of organized labor, undermining worker safety or hunting down whistleblowers. Having Chao in charge of the Department of [...]

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Are There No Poor Houses?

Once again, David Safier over at Blog for Arizona just doesn’t get it. His bleeding heart is once again staining his shirts and making a mess of everything.
According to his post over at Blog for Arizona, he asked Tom Horne about his plans to end social promotion during his live chat that the Star staged [...]

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

News from El Tercero

On Monday, Independent Annie Loyd announced that she is not going to run for congress after all. Her press release didn’t mention the name of Democratic candidate Bob Lord, but this is good news for him. I doubt that Lloyd was going to get a pile of votes, but I’m sure that Lord is helped [...]

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Breaking News


Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Mission of Burma

Some of you have noticed that I haven’t yet written anything on the lobbyist that was working for both John McCain and the junta that runs Burma.
I am still trying to get over the shock that a straight talking reformer like John McCain even knows any lobbyists, he is their scourge after all. I’m sure [...]

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

A Précis of Sorts

When she decided to vote for the anti-gay marriage amendment, Marian McClure gave an apology of sorts. Folks at the capitol have seen this before; McClure does these things and the rest of us are still supposed to see her as a level headed moderate because she feels bad for herself. I don’t have an [...]

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

Hmm…Not So Bad

I’ve read this post over at Sonoran Alliance a couple of times. I fail to see how this is a “nightmare scenario.”
The only thing I can figure is that they are worried that Jan Brewer will become governor. Yeah, that would be a nightmare.

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