Here are the remarks of Arizona’s newest Congressman, Ron Barber, shortly after being sworn in to the United States House of Representatives this morning. I would like to thank the Arizona delegation for that warm welcome. And I would like to thank Speaker Boehner for his long and dedicated public service and for swearing me [...]
I recieved an e-mail today informing me of the passing of Lorenzo Torres. Torres made several runs for office, beginning with a tilt at a South Side senate seat in 1978 (he placed last out of four candidates). The following election, he made a run for US Senate against Barry Goldwater. He followed on with [...]
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Today comes a story in The Hill headlined “Pentagon blasts Ariz. Senate candidate.” It’s about Richard Carmona’s resignation from the panel that was being set up to study what was going wrong at Dover Air Force Base. I don’t think “blasts” is the right word, but from the article, it sounds like DOD officials were [...]
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Also tagged Ann Kirkpatrick, Bruce Ash, David Crowe, Don Bivens, Gabrielle Giffords, Harry Mitchell, Jim Pederson, Richard Carmona, Terry Goddard, The Hill, Truman Spangrud, Wesley Clark
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
In tonight’s debate, John McCain identified a place called “Luke Air Force Base in Yuma.” I gotta cut the Senator a break, I realize that he’s spent a lot of time over the last few years familiarizing himself with the back roads of New Hampshire and Iowa and the geography of his “home” state is [...]
Friday, December 11, 2009
The semi-finals have been set in the World Cup of Arizona Politics. In one match it’s Mo Udall versus Gabrielle Giffords, and in the other it’s Terry Goddard against Isabella Greenway. Greenway came out ahead after a seesaw battle with the last Republican in the competition, Barry Goldwater. As usual, you can vote at the [...]
Thursday, December 10, 2009
The all important quarterfinal has been set in the World Cup of Arizona Politics. Voting closes at noon tomorrow. We’ve got liberal icon Mo Udall against chair of the progressive caucus Raúl Grijalva in the first match. Be very afraid on that one. Another interesting match is Arizona’s first woman in congress, Isabella Greenway, against [...]
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Quick, who was the longest serving member of Congress? Well, up until this week, you could have proudly mentioned Carl Trumbull Hayden of Tempe. As of this week, however, the good Senator Hayden has lost that distinction to Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Hayden served a term as Sheriff of Maricopa County, then ran for [...]
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Also tagged A A Worsley, Carl Hayden, Dwight Eisenhower, Emma Guild, Evan Mecham, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Mo Udall, Ralph Cameron, Robert Byrd, Thomas Campbell
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Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The State Democratic Party tried to get some mileage out of John McCain’s last minute appearance at the Prescott courthouse. They wanted to use this as evidence that McCain was worried about Arizona. I took it as McCain trying to invoke Barry Goldwater, who often began and ended his campaigns at the Prescott courthouse. Come [...]
Thursday, October 30, 2008
A couple of folks over at DailyKos have been pushing for Barack Obama to make a visit here in Arizona over the next few days. I’m about to tell y’all something that is going to go totally against what many of you feel about this idea. I’d really rather he didn’t come. Not because he [...]
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Yesterday, I heard a third pundit declare Arizona as a place that Barack Obama might want to spend money. Yeah, I’d love to think that we could pull it off here. History mavens like me like to point out that Barry Goldwater won Arizona by less than 4800 votes (less than one percent of those [...]
