The National Journal has released their 2008 Vote Ratings. The results are really no surprise, but after the jump are the ratings for the Arizona delegation, broken up by “issue categories”. I’ll post the Senate ratings later.
Bob Lord has announced that he is not running for chair. He has asked me to post this letter from him:
Fellow Democrats,
I’ve struggled with the decision regarding my candidacy for State Party Chair for far too long. The urging from so many people I admire from all across our Party – activists, benefactors, elected officials, [...]
A group of Democratic party activists has put up a website called “Building a Stronger ADP.” They are assembling a list of supporters of this plan, presumably to present it to the incoming chair. This is from the introduction of their plan:
We are undertaking this project for a simple reason: we love our state, and [...]
Michelle Bachmann yesterday at CPAC:
Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man.
Argh. No Comment.
Dear State Committeeperson,
Throughout my career, as a School Board Member, a County Supervisor, and as a Congressman I have come to appreciate what a difference an effective State Party Chair can make to our election outcomes. Even more importantly, as an activist who is in politics to fight for people, to fight for [...]
This is from the Arizona Guardian (full article only available by subscription, the bastards!):
[Jan] Brewer on Wednesday criticized GOP lawmakers who claim they didn’t know the full extent the cuts would have on public services. She also defended state agency directors against accusations they deliberately made the most painful cuts possible to spark public outrage.
The [...]
I caught Rachel Maddow making a reference to Dr. Manhattan last night. Since the movie isn’t out yet, I can only conclude that she, like me, was one of many angst ridden teenagers who read the comic shortly after it came out.
A friend of mine spends waaay too much time cruising the blogosphere. She says that sometimes she finds stuff that makes her feel a bit better about our legislature. Take this bit from Pandagon that she sent me about Colorado Sen. Dave Schultheis, who voted against a bill requiring HIV testing for pregnant women because [...]
According to the Yellow Sheet, State Treasurer Dean Martin thinks that Attorney General Terry Goddard is conspiring against him!
Geez.
The conflict between the two is ongoing, but the current iteration is that Martin wants to be able to hire outside counsel, and Goddard has argued that this will lead to unnecessary expenses and could elevate disputes [...]
I got a report from one of our Pima Villages correspondents who attended a meeting of the Valley Citizens League where Frank Antenori spoke. According to our correspondent, Antenori again denied he represented Tucson, even after a direct question to that effect.
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