Entries Tagged as 'Dennis DeConcini'

Friday, November 21st, 2008

Irony Board

Hey, any of you remember the chisme back in 1993? Word was that this Vice Chair of the Democratic Party named Janet Napolitano was contemplating a primary run against Dennis DeConcini. Soon, she was appointed US Attorney for Arizona. The rumors at the time were that Bill Clinton bumped her up to save DeConcini a […]

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Timby On Offense

One common thing that campaigns do is hand out football schedules at games. Back when I was a teenager, I handed out schedules that had Dennis DeConcini’s campaign logo on them. I remember that Eddie Basha had schedules that included a cartoon of him in a football uniform.
The main point of these is to get […]

Friday, June 6th, 2008

Why the Mahouts Are Stocking Up on Xanax

A polling memo has been making the rounds that shows that John Shadegg (uncle to former Dennis DeConcini intern Demetria Shadegg) has only a 31% re-elect number. This is down eight points from a previous poll done shortly after his “I am not running, yes I am running” episode back in January.
Although the memo did not […]

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

And It Just Gets More Interesting…

The word out on the dusty streets of this here territory is that former Senator Dennis DeConcini is going to announce his endorsement of Barack Obama.
So, let me get this right, first Ted Kennedy, now DeConcini. Isn’t this about the time that the “party establishment” swings behind the “establishment” candidate?

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Ever Have a Party and No One Came?

The Democrats are hunting for a mayoral candidate now. Steve Leal was such a presence in the race that it kept many others from seriously making a go of it. The trouble now is finding a candidate that is more than just a name on the ballot. Yesterday, Daniel Scarpinato floated the name Roger Pfeuffer, the […]

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

Too Much Democracy

Even though she was turned out of office a few years ago, Rep. Barbara Blewster still feels that she has much to contribute to the debate. She recently sent out an e-mail to the members of the legislature:
Dear Members,
Thank you again for voting for the Stop the Free Trade Area of the America (FTAA) Resolution. […]

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

I’ll Chew You Up and Spit You Out (Reprise)

Oh, Keith DeGreen, we hardly knew thee.
For those of you that missed it, financial planner Keith DeGreen has dropped out of the race for the chance to lose against Governor Janet Napolitano.
Of course, his press release had to contain a self-congratulatory line. According to the Republic he finished off the release with:
his decision is “consistent […]

Friday, June 3rd, 2005

Why I love Harry Reid

When Harry Reid got selected as Democratic Leader, I kept reading the Washington Pundits go on about how dry and colorless he is. This from people who think that Tucker Carlson is vibrant.
I never quite got this. He has a led a fascinating life. The guy was raised by a mother who washed clothes for […]

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