Entries from July 2008

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Gordon (Hearts) the Democratic Party

Y’all may remember a while back when I wrote a critical post about Phil Gordon’s endorsements of Republicans, and not just moderates but hard cores like Andrew Thomas and Jim Weiers. I recieved a reply from Gordon’s campaign the general gist of which was that Gordon is above petty concerns like partisanship. Apparently, he is some sort [...]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Best Endorsement This Week

From Sonoran Alliance:
Congressional District 7
Gene Chewning – ENDORSED. Chewning is a solid conservative. His primary opponent is a complete nut, even by our standards.

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Harper’s Ferry

A new ad will be going up this weekend by an independent expenditure committee called People of Arizona. The ad is called “Harper’s Bizarre.” Only a matter of time before someone came up with that one.

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Arpaio’s Numbers Slipping

Joe Arpaio often touts his high approval ratings, which he likes to give as betweent 80 and 90 percent, as justification for his policies. This comes from the early part of the century (I say that because it sounds like a lot longer ago), but is not borne out by numbers taken more recently.
A Cronkite-Eight [...]

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

A Moment of Brilliance

In an action seemingly designed to warm Tony Cani’s heart, Republican candidate Gene Chewning purchased Joe Sweeney’s 2006 web address out from under him. I haven’t seen any of Sweeney’s lit from this year, so I don’t know if he is still listing that as his URL.
I’m not a big fan of Chewning, but I [...]

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Shadegg Comes Down With Potomac Fever

One of those unwritten rules of politics that always gets written about is that you are never, ever supposed to give even the mildest hint that you have ever thought about running for an office higher than the one you currently seek. Megastate Governor So-And-So is supposed to pretend that he has never thought about running [...]

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Some More on Harper

It’s been noted that Jack Harper has had two different stories about what he did that prompted the ethics committee action against him. At first, he said the thing was all a big accident, that he hit the wrong button. But, Harper has stated that he out manuevered Senators Paula Aboud and Ken Cheuvront. He [...]

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Memo to Monica Goodling

I realize that you are no longer with the Justice Department, but if I am ever in a position to apply for a job where you are doing the hiring, let’s get this out right now:
I have a Sleater-Kinney poster on my wall at home. I have all of their albums. Also, the Abby Wambach jersey [...]

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Phil ‘Er Up

At this weekend’s Democratic Party meeting up in Flagstaff, Phil Gordon will be attending the Hispanic Caucus. Gordon’s staff requested the chance to address the group, and at first I had the impression that he would be doing a one man show there (and that he’d even buy us lunch!) but now that I’ve recieved the final agenda, [...]

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Harper to be Investigated

The Senate Ethics committee has noted today to pursue an investigation against one of our favorite Senators here at R-Cubed, Jack Harper. The allegation is that Harper turned off the microphones of Paula Aboud and Ken Cheuvront during the the debate in the final hours of the session when they were attempting to stop the [...]

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