Mitt Romney has flip-flopped on pretty much every issue under the political sun, usually changing his positions based on the audience he was/is trying to tailor his message to.However, one thing he has been completely consistent about is his utter disr…
Last year, just after the news of his leading role in the Fiesta Bowl scandal broke and just before the petitions were submitted to force his ultimately-successful recall election, Russell Pearce formed a charity, the Pearce Johnson Foundation. I…
In the “not surprised by the move, just that it took so long” department:- Embattled Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu dropped out of the race for the Republican nomination in the CD4 primary. Maybe it was being outed as gay (the kiss of death…
In a baseball game when a pitcher knows that the batter is going to lean out over the plate and try to lay down a bunt, and the pitcher delivers his first pitch high and tight to back the batter off of the plate.It doesn’t exactly endear the pitcher to…
Kind of like “Short Attention Span Musing”, but without much musing. 
…The Democratic candidates for the new Ninth Congressional District all attended, spoke, and took questions at Tuesday’s meeting of the LD26 Democrats. Because I support Sta…
…Not that he was ever *in* the race, but House Speaker Andy Tobin had been the subject of many rumors that he was going to jump into the Republican primary in CD4. On Monday, he put those rumors to rest, announcing that there is too much left t…
Nearly every Sunday morning at 8 a.m., Channel 12 in Phoenix airs Sunday Square Off, a weekly political discussion show. When discussing issues and matters where there is a partisan divide, host Brahm Resnick will bring in a lineup of g…
Turns out that pushing legislation that racks up a body count isn’t considered good PR by many of ALEC’s corporate supporters…Late last week, Russell Smoldon, lobbyist for SRP and one of ALEC’s lead fixers in AZ and Debbie Lesko, AZ state repres…
For the first time in 15 years, brothers Lester and Russell Pearce are out of elected office at the same time.Both are attempting to win office in November (Russell, state senate; Lester, Maricopa County Board of Supervisors), but until then, the amoun…
The time for real work at the lege has passed. All of the Democrats and most of the rank-and-file Republicans in the lege are spending their days (metaphorically) twiddling their thumbs. On Thursday, the Senate didn’t even have a floor…
