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Catching Up

Friday, July 20, 2012

All sorts of articles and links I have been meaning to comment on have come over the transom over the last few days. What better way to write a Friday morning post than to summarize…a précis, so to speak. First off, Hispanic Politico had a piece yesterday proclaiming “Tea Party Republican Tom Horne set to [...]

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Is is 2014 Already?

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

I was sent this little clip from Sunday Square Off. In it the three panelists make their prognostications. Phil Gordon, who serves as the panel’s leftist (yeah, liberal media, right?), predicted that the next Gubernatorial showdown will be between Fred DuVal and Ken Bennett. Bennett should have the inside track in a Republican primary. His [...]

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At Least One Conservative to Pearce: Get Over It!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Sonoran Alliance published a “guest opinion” from Brent Ellsworth, an attorney and former constituent of Russell Pearce. I don’t fully know Ellsworth’s political leanings, but given that his piece was published in Sonoran Alliance, I have a vague idea that he is not a dues paying member of PDA or that he frequents Ozomatli concerts [...]

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And We’re Done With Yuma

Saturday, November 19, 2011

“Plenary Session” seems to high faluting for what we do, but I think that’s what it’s called. We opened this afternoon with speeches from Jonathan Rothschild and Lynn Pancrazi. Pancrazi outlined several issues that she’d like to see the legislature work on including unemployment compensation and AHCCCS. Then came Randy Parraz, who strode into the [...]

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A Strange New Summer Frost Has Settled In…

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Well, that whole Olivia Cortes thing didn’t end up working out for Russell Pearce and his supporters so they pulled the plug on her candidacy last week. Pearce took a lot of heat for it, and it wasn’t even working: Cortes never polled above the low single digits. It wasn’t worth the grief or the [...]

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Live Blogging the State Democratic Meeting

Saturday, August 20, 2011

5:09 I’m outta here. 5:08 ROE WINS! 336 – 94 5:07 RESULTS! 5:01 Done with the agenda. We still don’t know who won. 5:00 Do we have results yet, Andrei? 4:57 Warner talks about the importance of the internet. That’s me. I’m important. 4:55 Priorities: Milton Caraglio just scored for the Revs. New England 1 [...]

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