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Republican Blogger Jeff Vath Fought for Sanity in the AZ GOP

Politico Mafioso's Jeff Vath, the GOP's "Badass Blogger," Dies following Ulcer Surgery

One of Arizona's most influential bloggers, Jeff Vath, the man behind the widely-read, GOP-centric Politico Mafioso blog, passed away Tuesday night at John C. Lincoln Hospital in Deer Valley. He was 52. According to his wife of 24 years, Mary Anne, Vath's death was due to complications from surgery ... More >>

Arizona GOP's Proposed Bylaws Revive Joe McCarthy, Witch Hunts, Loyalty Oaths

The Arizona Republican Party is the gift that keeps on giving. Last week, the Maricopa County GOP picked raging aggro gay-hater A.J. LaFaro as its chairman, a choice Dems are giddy over because it leaves the local Republican Party in the complete control of wigged-out moonhowlers, further alienati ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Leprechaun Rob Haney Flips Out, Invalidates LD 25 Election, Calls the Coppers

I wish I'd been at the November 29 meeting of Legislative District 25 Republicans for the election of new officers and state committee-persons. All the haters were there, and the haters had their asses handed to them when their pro-hater slate, for the most part, went down in flames. Which is the m ... More >>

Steve Chucri, Denny Barney are Expected New Faces in Maricopa County Supervisors' Races

Changes are coming to the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, a governing panel that has become better known in the last few years due to some serious scandals. The five-member Board currently consists of Republicans Don Stapley, Fulton Brock, Andy Kunasek and Max Wilson, and Democrat Mary Rose W ... More >>

Linda Brickman, Water Board Candidate, Doesn't Think All Muslims are Bad

Two years ago, a slate of five tea-party candidates ran for the non-partisan, 15-member Central Arizona Water Conservation District board with the aim of promoting limited government. Two won: Cynthia Moulton and Mark Lewis. They added to a push by conservatives begun in 2008 to add more of their n ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Vanquisher Jerry Lewis Slimed by Democrats

Here's proof positive that Democrats can be just as scummy as Republicans. I mean this hit piece mailed out to folks in Legislative District 26, declaring that state Senator Jerry Lewis, the man who took on former state Senate President Russell Pearce, the biggest bigot in this state, and defeated ... More >>

AZ GOP: Did Officials Bump Spokesman Shane Wikfors for Comments on Immigration Reform, a "Bitch Session," or for Asking a Latina When She Last Showed Her Papers?

See also Mitt Romney's Arizona Problem: Randy Pullen vs. Shane Wikfors What's going on with Shane Wikfors? The now former spokesman for the Arizona Republican Party?

Mitt Romney's Arizona Problem: Randy Pullen vs. Shane Wikfors (and Maybe Tom Morrissey)

Wikfors on Sunday Square Off, sparking a firestorm Mitt Romney may be attempting a shift to the center on immigration, but word has yet to trickle down to the hardcore nativists of the Arizona Republican Party.As the GOP presidential hopeful was in Florida yesterday trying to woo the National A ... More >>

Paul Babeu Turns Distortion of Truth Into an Art Form

Conservative Group: GOP Leadership May Be Favoring Ben Quayle Over David Schweikert

​To the casual observer, Congressmen Ben Quayle and David Schweikert may seem like the same dude.They're both freshman in the House, and they've voted the same in 94 percent of the 1,146 roll call votes they both voted on.They're both running for the Republican nomination in Arizona's Sixth Congre ... More >>

American Standards @ The Underground

Latino GOP Group Doesn't Just Want Sheriff Arpaio to Leave Office, They Want Him to Leave the Republican Party

Sheriff Joe Arpaio​The hits keep coming for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. First, the media continues to hound him about hundreds of botched sex-crime investigations. Then Randy Parraz, the man who organized the takedown of ousted former Senate President Russell Pearce, demands his resignat ... More >>

Unless Your Name's Wil Cardon, You'd Probably Beat Wil Cardon in GOP Senate Primary, Poll Shows

James KingWil Cardon trails Congressman Jeff Flake and "some other candidate" in the GOP Senate primary.​If you happen to be someone other than Mesa businessman Wil Cardon, you probably would beat Cardon in the GOP Senate primary, according to a recently released poll.Cardon, who is running to rep ... More >>

Prediction: State Senator Russell Pearce Will Be Kissing His Political Career Goodbye on November 8

Poll: Barack Obama Leads All Republican Presidential Candidates in Arizona

www.punditkitchen.com​If next year's presidential election were held today, President Barack Obama would carry Republican-leaning Arizona, according to a recent poll.According to a Rocky Mountain poll released yesterday, Obama leads all possible Republican candidates in Arizona by at least a five- ... More >>

Occupy Phoenix Folks, Tea Partiers Earn Phoenix "Angriest Cities" (Gulp) Honors

James King​Regardless of political affiliation, people across the country are pissed off about one thing or another, but there's only a few cities that -- as a whole -- are more pissed off than Phoenix, according to a recent ranking of pissed off cities.The Daily Beast website recently ranked Phoe ... More >>

A Court Hearing Reveals Olivia Cortes as a Bumbling Idiot

Wes Gullett Supporter, Tea Party Wackjob Wes Harris Calls for President Obama's Hanging

I am forever amazed that otherwise seemingly sane politicians seek and accept the endorsement of the grab bag of certifiable nuts, conspiracy theorists, and bigots that make up the Tea Party. Though I know I shouldn't be.After all, politicians are shameless and at one time in American history, the K ... More >>

Russell Pearce's Tea Party on Trial: Olivia Cortes Plays "Useful Idiot"

Election law attorney Tom Ryan may not get Legislative District 18 recall candidate Olivia Cortes booted from the November 8 ballot, but on Thursday, with the assistance of co-counsel H. Michael Wright,  Ryan effectively put the Tea Party on trial. And at least metaphorically, the verdict was g ... More >>

Tea Party Calls for Redistricting Chair's Head: Republican and Democratic Commissioners Support Her

Republican AZIRC commissioner Scott Freeman supports Mathis, though the Tea Party wants her removedDespite calls from Tea Party activists and some Republicans for the resignation of Colleen Mathis, chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, both Republican commissioner Scott Fre ... More >>

Gary Whalen Is the Second Would-Be Candidate to Withdraw from the Phoenix City Council Race This Year

Mormon Church: Legalize Undocumented Residents, Forget Mass Explusion

​ The Mormon church announced last week that it advocates a type of amnesty for illegal immigrants who "square themselves with the law and continue to work" in the United States. The statement, published on the church's website, also takes aim at harsh anti-illegal-immigrant laws like those pa ... More >>

Mayoral Candidate Wes Gullett Gets Slapped Down by Tea Party Peeps

realsimple.com Mayoral candidate Wes Gullett wasn't invited to the tea party.​Wes Gullett reached out to some Tea Party members, and his hand was slapped away.The Phoenix lobbyist wrote an e-mail on May 11 to TP peeps seeking support for his mayoral bid -- and asking them to consider talkin ... More >>

Arizona Tea Party Members Officially Reject Tea Party License Plates; New Plates are Counter to Principles

​ Members of the Arizona Tea Party have firmly rejected the idea of the state's new Tea Party license plates. The plates symbolize big government and seem counter to Tea Party principles, a spokesman for a local Tea Party group told the Huffington Post today. You'd think the tea-baggers would ... More >>

Jennifer Wright, Phoenix's "Only True Tea Party Candidate," Enters Mayoral Race

facebook.com Tea Party candidate Jennifer Wright is the latest candidate to make a bid for Phoenix mayor.​Add another name to the list of Phoenix politicos who want to run the town: Jennifer Wright.Wright, a Phoenix attorney and longtime member of the Tea Party, joins Lobbyists Wes Gullett, ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer OKs Tea Party Vanity Plates -- Which Could Potentially Cause Arizona to Lose Highway Funds

This will soon be an Arizona license plate. Oy vey!​Governor Jan Brewer signed bills into law yesterday that allow for the creation of 11 new Arizona license plates, one of which depicts the Tea Party favorite Gadsden Flag and its "Don't Tread on Me" slogan.Anyone who wants a Gadsden Flag plate wo ... More >>

Tea Party License Plates: New York Congressman Gary Ackerman "Treads" All Over Jan Brewer; Calls Gov's Signing of License Plate Bill "Shameful"

Congressman Gary Ackerman is treading all over Governor Jan Brewer.​New York Congressman Gary Ackerman calls Governor Jan Brewer's putting her Jan Hancock on a bill that allows the creation of license plates that benefit the Tea Party movement "shameful." Now, he's called on U.S. House ... More >>

Mark Spinks, Former Congressional Candidate/Neighborhood Nudist, to Be Axed From "Consulting" Post at Arizona GOP, Sources Say

The State PressMark Spinks (fully clothed)​Former Congressional candidate Mark Spinks is a big fan of state Republican Party Chairman Tom Morrissey. In fact, he recently sent a scathing email to those looking to get the chairman booted from his post (we got a copy of it, which you can see below). ... More >>

Republican Party Chairman Tom Morrissey's GOP Headquarters Heating Up -- and it's Not Just the Broken Air Conditioner

Some GOPers aren't happy with newly elected state Republican Party Chairman Tom Morrissey.​The air conditioning at Arizona's Republican Party headquarters is broken, it's been broken, and it may be a while until it's fixed. But it's not just the temperature that's heating up within the state's Gra ... More >>

Morning Poll: Should Arizona Lose Highway Funding Over Tea Party License Plate?

This image on a license plate could cause Arizona to lose federal highway funding.​A bill allowing the creation of license plates featuring the Gadsden Flag, the adopted symbol of the Tea party movement, is awaiting the signature of Governor Jan Brewer, and people -- a New York congressman, in par ... More >>

Jan Brewer to HOAs: Don't Tread on Residents' Tea Party Flags

Especially if you're an HOA.​If you're a Tea Partier, a fan of historic flags, or don't want to be treaded upon -- and you want the world to know -- but you happen to live in a neighborhood with a home owners association, fear not: Governor Jan Brewer to the rescue.On Monday, Brewer signed a bill ... More >>

New York Congressman Treads on Arizona's Proposed Tea Party Vanity Plates

Congressman gary Ackerman​The Arizona Legislature passed a bill late last night that allows for the creation of an Arizona vanity license plate featuring the "Don't Tread on Me" Gadsden Flag, which is an early symbol of the United States Marine Corps and Navy. It also happens to be the adopted sym ... More >>

Two of Sheriff Joe Arpaio's Top Deputies Have "Love Connection" to SCA Scandal

Jeff Flake's Senate Campaign Raises $1 Million in First Quarter

www.dollardollarbillsyall.com​If you're planning on running against Congressman Jeff Flake for the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl, you may want to reconsider -- the guy's got some cash.Flake announced today that his campaign has raised $1 million in three months."Our tremendous finan ... More >>

Jennifer Barber, Former Goodyear Council Candidate, Stands by Story About For-Sale Arpaio Endorsement

  Jennifer Barber, former Goodyear City Council candidate, says she was told by a state GOP staffer that she could get Sheriff Arpaio's endorsement if she paid $2,000 to a political consultant.​A former Goodyear City Council candidate is sticking to her story that a state Republic ... More >>

Herman Cain Favored by Tea Partiers For Presidential Run. Take That, NAACP

www.projectqatlanta.comHerman Cain leads the pack of potential Tea Party presidential candidates.​The Tea Partiers were in Phoenix over the weekend for the group's first ever "American Policy Summit," and according to a straw poll conducted during the conference, Georgia businessman Herman Cain, a ... More >>

They're Heeere; Tea Partiers Invade Phoenix

​If you're feeling a vibe in Phoenix today that's dramatically crazier more Conservative than usual, there's a reason: the Tea Partiers have arrived.Thousands of Tea Partiers are flocking to Phoenix today for the first ever "American Policy Summit."Sarah Palin, as we noted last week, will not be i ... More >>

Sarah Palin Ditching Phoenix Tea Party Convention to Watch Snow Machine Race. Shucks!

www.yourfunnystuff.comYou betchya Sarah Palin's going to the Iron Man Snow Machine Race, which means she's not joining her fellow Tea Partiers in Phoenix next week.​Tea Partiers from across the country will be flocking to Phoenix next week for the group's first ever "American Policy Summit." Soun ... More >>

Tea Partiers Coming to Phoenix for First Ever National Policy Conference

www.achtungtshirt.com They're coming...​Where better than Phoenix for droves of gun-loving conservatives from across the country to assemble for a conference.The national "Tea Party Patriots" announced this morning that they've selected Phoenix for the group's first-ever national policy sum ... More >>

Tucson Tea Party Leader Says Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Should Have Had Security At Tucson Event

www.nydailynews.com Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and Tucson Tea Party leader Trent Humphries​Reports that Tucson Tea Party leader Trent Humphries is laying some of the blame for the shooting rampage on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords seem outrageous.But they are out there, and they ste ... More >>

Russell Pearce's "Tea Party Senate" and the Report on Tea Party Nationalism

from teapartynationalism.comWant a preview of Pearce's "Tea Party Senate"? Check out IREHR's reportWhat are we to make of neo-Nazi-huggin' state Senator Russell Pearce's declaration that under his rule as majority leader, Arizona's upper house will be "the Tea Party Senate"?Look no further than the ... More >>

Mr. Quayle Going to Washington; Ben Quayle Defeats Jon Hulburd in District Three Congressional Race

James King Congressman-elect ben Quayle and wife Tiffany during Quayle's victory speech at the GOP election night party.​Despite only winning the GOP primary with about 20 percent of the Republican vote -- meaning about 80 percent of the Republicans in his district didn't vote for him -- so ... More >>

Blogosphere Erupts With Minor News That John McCain Says He Won't Endorse Sarah Palin's Officially Unofficial 2012 Presidential Bid...Yet

The Mav​It's only 2010, and Sarah Palin hasn't said whether she'll be running for president in 2012, but all indications suggest that she will (you don't quit your gig as governor of Alaska and travel around the country lending teabaggers a wink and a 'you betchya' for nothing).But Arizona S ... More >>

Conflicting Poll Numbers For AG's Race Prompt "Thank You" to Republicans From Arizona Dems

www.vote-az.orgDemocratic candidate for attorney general, Felecia Rotellini​As always, we take all polls with a grain of salt. And two polls -- one released by the Arizona Republican Party, and one released by the Republican candidate for Attorney General, Tom Horne -- are part of the reason why.T ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 30, 2010

In Case You Didn't Hear Him the First Time, Ben Quayle Thinks Barack Obama is the Worst President in History

James KingBen Quayle​Ben Quayle, the Republican nominee for Congress in Arizona's 3rd District, concluded his primary campaign this afternoon with a touch of humor.At the office of his PR firm, Quayle thanked supporters and addressed the media for the first time since becoming the GOP's nominee. W ... More >>

Joe Arpaio, J.D. Hayworth, Shawna Forde and the Tea Party on Glenn Spencer's Ranch

walkingthelinefilm.comGlenn Spencer, host of the nativist Tea Party rally happening Sunday, August 15Although the United We Stand for Americans Web site announcing its Tea Party rally on the U.S.-Mexico Border this Sunday August 15 includes the address of the event and maps leading there, it careful ... More >>

Morning Poll: Who Benefits Most From Dean Martin Suspending his Campaign for Governor?

Dean Martin ​And then there were two -- legitimate GOP candidates for governor, that is. Dean Martin suspended his gubernatorial campaign on Friday leaving accidental Governor Jan Brewer and businessman/ rich-guy Owen "Buz" Mills as the last remaining candidates (with active campa ... More >>

Tea Party T-Shirt: Can What You Wear Determine Whether You Can Go to the Polls?