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Poll: 62 Percent of Americans Favor Pathway to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants

A majority of Americans are in favor of a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants, according to poll commissioned by the Associated Press.Not only do Democrat and independent voters favor this idea, but 53 percent of Republicans do too, according to this poll.

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 >>

Joe Arpaio on Keeping Warm in Stir; Plus, A.J. LaFaro's "Crazytown" Ticket Wins County GOP Leadership

It's amazing, the amount of influence I have over the Maricopa County Republican Committee. Hate to brag, but my endorsement this week of right-wing human PayDay bar A.J. LaFaro and the rest of his "crazytown" slate of candidates for MCRC leadership positions worked its evil magic at Saturday's co ... More >>

"Solar Team" Goes Dark; Voters Choose Three Republicans Instead for Arizona Corporation Commission

Voters turned out the lights on the self-described "solar team" of three Democrats who hoped to control the Arizona Corporation Commission. The commission, which regulates public utilities, corporations, securities, railways and pipelines, will be dominated by an all-Republican membership for at lea ... More >>

Arizona's Congressional Elections: Good, Bad, and Ugly

As is the case every two years, all nine of Arizona's seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for grabs, and some are closer than others.For example, if it's 8 a.m. on Election Day, and we're on the Secretary of State's website trying to find the name of the Democrat running against Congre ... More >>

Democrat Rich Carmona Races Toward the U.S. Senate

Top Eight Reasons Conservatives Should Love Medical Marijuana

Not all conservatives want to lock up sick grannies and other medical-marijuana patients, a fact proven by the thousands of right-wingers who in 2010 voted "yes" on Arizona's Prop 203. Yet in polls, Republicans and conservatives do tend to favor penalties for the plant's growth and use more often t ... More >>

Richard Carmona, Democratic Candidate for U.S. Senate, Launches Republicans for Carmona Website

A group of Republicans are throwing their support behind Richard Carmona, a lifelong Independent who registered as a Democrat to run for the U.S. Senate. It's not surprising given that Carmona was tapped by President George W. Bush to serve as the nation's 17th U.S. Surgeon General and courted over ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Hispanic vs. Latino/a and "Crystal Blue Persuasion"

RNC 2012: The Seven Craziest GOP Souvenirs at the Republican National Convention

Check out the slide shows: Inside the Republican National Convention 2012 at Tampa Bay Times Forum Republican National Convention 2012 Tampa Day One: The Protesters Republican National Convention 2012 Tampa Day Two. Tampa's rich with GOP swag this week as thousands of Republicans gather to show ... More >>

Your Gonzo Guide to the Republican National Convention

"Top Two" Primary System in Arizona: Yay or Nay?

If the signatures check out, Arizona voters will vote on a ballot initiative in November that would change how primary elections operate.Instead of Republicans voting for a Republican and Democrats voting for a Democrat to appear on the general election ballot, the proposal offers for everybody to v ... More >>

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 >>

DREAMers Score a Win with Obama's Immigration Initiative, But the War Is Far from Over

Obama Blocks DREAMers' Deportations, Outflanks GOP

Republicans are stumbling all over themselves to denounce President Barack Obama's executive action today to block the deportation of students who would benefit from the proposed DREAM Act. And in doing so, they're bumbling right into the trap the White House has laid for them. Obama's move, initial ... More >>

AZ Unite Women Rally Draws Hundreds to the State Capitol to Protest Against "War on Women"

A crowd assembled at the Arizona Capitol today to put legislators on notice that they're pissed. About 500 people voiced outrage toward recent laws passed in Arizona and around the county that restrict women's health and reproductive rights. AZ Unite Women organized the event in ... More >>

Russell Pearce, Serial Liar, Endorses Mitt Romney, Tells the Truth for Once

According to a recent item in the Washington Post's Election 2012 Blog, recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce has endorsed Mitt Romney in the Republican presidential primary, more than a month after Romney won Sand Land's GOP contest. As a result, Romney immediately called a press ... More >>

Arizona Republican Party Hate-Fest Video

Above is videographer Dennis Gilman's take on the state GOP meeting in January, which I covered in a previous post.As you'll see, a lot of Arizona Republicans, not unlike their national counterparts, define themselves by what they hate: President Barack Obama, minorities, gays, and the undocumented. ... More >>

Russell Pearce-Inspired Recall Bill Unconstitutional, Say Experts

A proposed legislative remedy to the successful recall of ex-state Senate President Russell Pearce is unconstitutional, according to experts in election and constitutional law.Senate Bill 1449, sponsored by state Senator Steve Smith, recently moved through the Senate judiciary committee with a do-pa ... More >>

Ask a Mexican on Marco Rubio and The 'Real Mexico'

Activist Randy Parraz Led an Army of Non-Partisan Warriors to Take Down Russell Pearce

Russell Pearce Supporter Ron Ludders' Lame Robocall Targeting Democrats and Latinos

What we'll be serenading the Pearce folks with this Tuesday evening...In what smells like a classic attempt at voter suppression, the conservative Safeguard Arizona's Future PAC, which previously backed wackjob loser JD Hayworth in the 2010 Republican U.S. Senate primary, is doing robocalls to ... More >>

Watch MyFoxPhoenix Inflate Joe Arpaio's Already Soaring Ego *VIDEO*

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, as of late, has been not-so-subtly bragging that GOP presidential candidates are (allegedly) calling on him for campaign advice.According to the sheriff, Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is widely considered the front-runner in the race to become the GOP presiden ... More >>

Immigration Reform Introduced in Congress, Locals Say It's a Political Ploy For Obama

U.S. Senator from New Jersey Bob Menendez, who introduced immigration legislation in Congress today The United States Senate is at it again with immigration reform legislation, but Republicans are still unwilling to join the effort.Today, Senator Robert Menendez, a Democrat from New Jersey, introduc ... 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 >>

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

Russell Pearce Scores Partial Win in Bid To Rig Redistricting

Pearce wins a Pyrrhic victory, of sorts The Arizona Supreme Court today handed state Senate President Russell Pearce a partial win in his bid to rig the redistricting process that will affect Sand Land politics for the next 10 years.In an order just issued by Vice Chief Justice Andrew Hurwitz, the c ... More >>

What Would Comprehensive Immigration Reform Look Like If the Feds Got Off Their Duffs?

DREAM Act Demise: Republicans, the Enemies of Christmas

Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski: Living proof that not all GOPer hate LatinosI've always wondered who the Republicans hate more: Latinos or gays?Now that the DREAM Act has failed a cloture vote in the U.S. Senate, while the effort to end Don't Ask Don't Tell succeeded, I guess we know.Naturally, I'm m ... More >>

John McCain vs. DREAM Act, Pt.2: Passes House, Senate Vote Today

Dream a little DREAM with me...The haters were defeated in the U.S. House yesterday, and the DREAM Act passed 216-198.Today, the fight goes to the U.S. Senate, where the Republicans threaten a filibuster, and the Dems lack the 60 votes to invoke cloture.I say, let them filibuster. Call their bluff. ... More >>

Arizona Democrats' Defeat Dissected and Why the Party Needs to Bust Out a Guillotine or Two

Tater Tot: Ben Quayle's Smart. He Can Spell Potato. But He Wouldn't Be a GOP Congressional Nominee Without the Name Daddy Dan Made Infamous

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, September 30, 2010

Democratic Congressional Candidate Jon Hulburd's Republican Talking Points Appealing to District 3 GOPers -- Especially His Republican Wife

Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd​At first glance it would appear there is a Republican and a Democrat running for Congress in Arizona's Third District. However, every time the Democrat in the race, Jon Hulburd, opens his mouth he sounds more like a Democrat trying to get electe ... More >>

No, Rick Romley Can't Run as a Write-In, Duh, and More Bad News Re: Bill Montgomery

Danny Hellman I first used this illo back in 2008. Sadly, little has changed... Almost immediately after interim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley's devastating loss in the GOP primary to Sheriff Joe Arpaio's pick for the position, Bill Montgomery, Democrats and disaffected Republicans ali ... More >>

On Russell Pearce's Bigot Bill, Republicans Blink: SB 1070/HB 2632 Down But Not Out

Russell Pearce, foiled for now by GOP backbenchers unwilling to toe his hate-Hispanics lineWhat an embarrassing day for the Republican leadership in the state House. Though House GOPers were prepared this afternoon to ram through state Senator Russell Pearce's anti-Hispanic apartheid bill SB 1070/HB ... More >>

County GOP Leader Wants "Fraud Audit" of Party's Books After $50K is Found Missing From Spending Report

www.marketoracle.com​Arizona Republican Party Executive Director Brett Mecum seems to think that the $50,000 left off of the organization's latest spending report is "all good," but another GOP bigwig is calling for an independent audit of the party's books. Yuma County Republican Party Cha ... More >>

Verschoor Shows Up, Burns Burns Dems; Senate Passes Budget Bills

Senate President Bob Burns​After nearly four agonizing months, the Arizona State Senate has finally passed four bills that will cut about $450 million from the state's budget.Like most things in the Legislature, this afternoon's agreement didn't come without a little bit of drama.First and foremos ... More >>

New Name in GOP Race For Governor: Former GOP Chairman John Munger

facebook John Munger​Despite the fact that the sitting governor's a Republican, the GOP list of Arizona gubernatorial candidates has gotten even longer.John Munger, a Tucson lawyer and former Chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, filed paperwork with the Secretary of State's office ... More >>

May 11 In Blogs: Rob Haney, Las Bandas Borrachas, Lola Coffee and More

In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:  Feathered Bastard: Rob Haney, Maricopa County GOP Chair, and His Anti-Mexican Rant to the Catholic ... More >>

The Bird Praises CameraFraud.com and Aerosol Art While Urging State Democrats to Grow a Pair

The Bird Claws at State Democrats and Likens the GOP's SCA-gate to the Granddaddy of Political Scandals

Maricopa Medical Center: The Election You’ve Never Heard of Could Cripple the Hospital We Depend on

Hot Links: Sarah Palin to Donate Freebies, Wildcats' Olson Retires, No Regrets for Vanessa Hudgens over Nudes.

Sandra Kennedy, Bob Stump, and Susan Bitter Smith prove that AZ voters are stupid

Two-ton turd-Reicher J.T. Ready distributes anti-Semitic and racist propaganda at County Republican meeting.

Send in the Clowns

Don't bother, they're here. After a decade of voter-mandated reform, the Arizona Legislature is as out of touch as ever

Pols Posturing for Promotions

Who's angling for what, and against whom

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