So, let’s reiterate: if we get rid of that Clean Elections system, we’ll have fewer extremists (who, of course, are on both sides) in the legislature. This is true on the Republican side because responsible business leaders will weigh in and become a moderate, pragmatic force in their primaries. Okay. By the way, did I [...]
I wrote an extensive piece for Progressive Majority about the Clean Elections system and about Arizona Advocacy Network’s reform proposal.
Also filed in
|
|
After the jump, reaction from Raúl Grijalva on yesterday’s Clean Elections decision.
As reported in the Weekly the Supreme Court struck down the portion of the Clean Elections law that granted participating candidates matching money if a non-participating candidate out spent them. One Clean Elections supporter I talked to this morning was very quick to point out that the court left the rest of the system intact. [...]
An argument you hear from folks who want to ditch Clean Elections is that the far right has been empowered by the system, and the only way the calm, cool heads of the country club wing of the party can once again assert control when they are back in charge of the money to Republican [...]
The legislature has decided to put our state’s Clean Elections system on the ballot in the next election. They have been framing this as some sort of noble, “It’s time to let the people decide” thing, as if it wasn’t passed by a vote by the people in the first place. It’s silly that we [...]
The Clean Elections case is up before the US Supreme Court today. No decision today, of course, but you can follow the goings on on Alia Rau’s twitter feed. That is, when she gets back to a place she can use her phone.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Jamelle Bouie over at the American Prospect had an article last week on Arizona’s Clean Elections case now snaking it’s way through the federal courts. One bright spot is that Bouie believes that McComish v Bennett, a dispute over the whether matching funds can be given to compensate for an opponent’s spending, is too narrowly [...]
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Some stuff I missed out on last week: – The folks over at Gila Courier decided to pull a quote out of context from Gabrielle Giffords and play like she called people in her district “crazy.” Kenny Jacobs over at his a Pithy Diarist blog called them out on it. I suppose their mischaracterization of [...]
Also filed in 2010 Governor Race, Other Blogs
|
Tagged A Pithy Diarist, Bobby Jindal, Constantine Querard, Dean Martin, Doug Quelland, Gabrielle Giffords, George H W Bush, Gila Courier, Jan Brewer, Sam Goddard, Terry Goddard, Vernon Parker, Yellow Sheet
|
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Funny you should ask. Earlier this week, Congressman Raúl Grijalva introduced the Clean Money, Clean Elections Act, which would in essence make Arizona’s Clean Elections System for state office holders the law for federal candidates as well. The bill has been assigned a number, HR 1614, and is also sponsored by Democrat John Tierney and [...]
