U.S. Republican Party

GOP Ramps Up Campaigns Against Ron Barber, Ann Kirkpatrick, Just 18 Months Before Election

With just 18 months and change left until the 2014 election, the National Republican Congressional Committee is heating up its campaigns against Democratic Congressmen Ron Barber and Ann Kirkpatrick.The NRCC's been actively campaigning against the two since at least April, a whole four months into t ... More >>

Why Eddie "Little Lord" Farnsworth and Fellow GOPers Need to Suppress the Latino Vote

Tempe Wingnut Is the Ideal Man to Run the County GOP -- and Here's Why

Russell Pearce's Mad Elf Rob Haney: Sued on Christmas Eve

What two things do Maricopa County GOP Chairman Rob Haney and erstwhile Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong have in common? Each despises democracy, and each boasts a brain dipped in formaldehyde. See also: -Joe Arpaio's Birther Bud Tom Morrissey Punks Out of GOP Chair Race; Russell Pearce ... More >>

Joe Arpaio's Birther Bud Tom Morrissey Punks Out of GOP Chair Race; Russell Pearce Could Still Play Spoiler to Bob Graham

GOP blogging badass Jeff Vath of PolitocoMafioso fame was the first to report the news that Arizona Republican Party Chair Tom Morrissey is punking out on his bid for re-election at the party's January 26 state committee meeting, where new officers will be elected. Morrissey has since issued a st ... More >>

Fellow Republicans: An Emergency Plan to Stop Our Asses From Getting Kicked

To: Lovers of America From: The Republican National Committee RE: Emergency platform changes Dear Patriots: It seems that 47 percent was somewhat larger than we anticipated in last week's election. Henceforth, we urge all Republicans to adopt these immediate policy changes.

Arizona Republicans Found Out Barack Obama Won Re-Election, and Things Got Very Awkward

At the Arizona Republican Party's election-viewing party at the Hyatt Regency in Phoenix last night, the moment came that precisely none of the scheduled speakers was prepared for -- on a large screen to the right of the stage, Fox News declared that President Obama had won re-election.

Arizona's Legislative Elections: Five Districts to Watch

As is the case with the congressional races in Arizona, not every race for Arizona's legislative seats is competitive -- just 17 of the 30 state Senate races have candidates from both major parties, and 20 of the 30 state House races have at least one Democrat and one Republican.Still, that leaves p ... More >>

Pinal County: Paul Babeu's Buddy, Cheryl Chase, Likely Secures Spot on Board of Supervisors

Cheryl Chase, a political ally of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, grabbed the most votes in the District 2 race for Board of Supervisors. Republican voters chose Chase in the five-way race for that seat, giving her almost 46 percent of the vote, with her next closest competitor, John Acton, getti ... More >>

Republicans Tell Center for Arizona Policy Their Beliefs About Hardcore Porn, Strippers

If you trust politicians (ha, ha), then get this -- many local Republicans believe people need to go to prison for selling porn, and tipping strippers should be illegal.The lobbyists at the Center for Arizona Policy released the candidates' answers to their questionnaires for this year's elections, ... More >>

SB 1070 Fuels a Movement of New Voters

Russell Pearce Talks "Crushed Scrotum" at Nationally Televised Event

Pearce telling his "scrotum" jokeDuring a Lincoln Day Luncheon today in Phoenix televised live by C-Span and featuring a keynote address by GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, recalled state Senator Russell Pearce regaled an audience of fellow Republicans with a weird tale about some fella's "cr ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Political (Action) Figures: The Republican Candidates' Collectible Matches

​Remember when you stopped rehashing TV and comic book storylines with your action figures, and instead re-cast them to play out real-life drama? Like that one time your dad (played by Hordak) got drunk and totaled the minivan (a great stand-in by Ecto-1) then tried to hide it from your mom (the ... More >>

Fagala-Fearing Congressman Trent Franks Backs Michele "Pray Away the Gay" Bachmann in GOP Presidential Primary

​Arizona Congressman Trent Franks -- best known for his fear of homosexuals, his belief that black people were better off under slavery, and tackling the non-existent problem of race/gender-based abortions -- has endorsed his Congressional colleague Michele Bachmann in the GOP presidential prima ... More >>

Rick Perry and Joe Arpaio: the Bromance Explained (By the Sheriff Himself)

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has officially picked his horse in the GOP presidential primary, Texas Governor Rick Perry, which came as a bit of shock to those familiar with America's self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff."Arpaio, as you probably know, is the poster-boy for bootin' brown folks b ... More >>

Can Dems Take Senate Seat From Congressman Jeff Flake?

www.politicalhumor.com​A Democrat hasn't held a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona since 1995, but a recent poll suggests that the seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl is within reach for Arizona lefties.According to the pollsters at the left-leaning Public Policy Polling, Republican Congress ... More >>

Joe Arpaio to Endorse Rick Perry for President? Yeah...We're Scratching Our Heads, Too

​Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man who's made a career out of bootin' brown folks back across the border, is reportedly going to endorse Rick Perry as the Republican nominee for president -- which is more than a little surprising (if it's true, that is), when you consider some of Perry's r ... 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 >>

Sarah Palin Not Running For President. But What About an Arizona Senate Seat?

​Former Alaska Governor/the best person Governor Jan Brewer could find to write the foreword to her new book, Sarah Palin, isn't going to run for president this year -- but there's a Senate seat in a certain Southwestern haven for far-right-wing-nuts that she's rumored to have been eying for sever ... More >>

Arizona Dems on GOP Presidential Debate: Can Arizona's Tea Party Top Booing a Gay Soldier?

​Arizona Governor Jan Brewer announced yesterday that CNN will produce a "major" debate in Arizona between GOP presidential candidates.Jan's "thrilled.""I've been in politics a long time, but I can't remember a more critical election than this," she says. "When it comes to some of the hallmark iss ... More >>

District 6 GOP Congressional Primary: Kirk Adams or Matt Salmon?

​Former United States Congressman Matt Salmon and former Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams are both eying the Congressional seat getting vacated by Congressman Jeff Flake, who is running for the Senate seat getting vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.The two are both Republicans, both Mormon, and both have ... More >>

Mitt Romney Now Jeff Flake-Approved

www.burningplatform.comGOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, it appears, will likely take the Mormon vote -- including Congressman Jeff Flake.​Congressman Jeff Flake has picked his horse in the GOP presidential primary -- and it's not Michele Bachman.Former Massachusettes Governor Mitt Romney an ... More >>

Carmen Chenal Overwhelmed as Tom Horne Pulls an Andy Thomas on Redistricting

Which GOPer Will Joe Arpaio Endorse For the Presidency (A.K.A. Who Will Kiss His A$$ the Hardest)?

www.sodahead.com​When Republican candidates for president meet the pope, they only have to kiss his ring. As has apparently been decided by GOP political strategists, when they meet Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, they have to kiss his ass.According to Arpaio, four GOP presidential candidates ... More >>

June 9 In Blogs: Jan Brewer, Emma Pew, Liz Isenberg, Sonora Mesquite Grill, and Sheldon Raquet

​​​In the 24-hour news cycle, it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries:

Arizona Senator John McCain Second-Most-Disliked U.S. Senator in the Country; Jon Kyl "Well Below Average," According to Poll

english.sxu.edu What voter apathy looks like.​Just three days after Public Policy Polling found that just about no one likes Sarah Palin or Donald Trump, the pollsters say today that Arizonans don't like their senators either.Arizona Senator John McCain -- who had a 40 percent approval rati ... More >>

Osama bin Laden Dead: Debbie Schlussel Calls for Killing 1.8 Billion Muslims; Let the Crackpot Raving Begin!

Who do the wingnuts hate more, Osama or Obama? That's easy, Obama!In the wake of President Barack Obama's announcement that terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden has been killed by American forces during a firefight in Pakistan, I have a few predictions.The first is a given: traitorous right-wing nut ... More >>

Twenty-Two Sniveling Senators Ask Double-Talking Barack Obama To Stop Deporting Undocumented Youth. Change Unlikely.

Prerna Lal received deportation notice as Obama insists his administration isn't deporting talented young folk.​Twenty-two United States Senators sent a letter to President Barack Obama late last week asking him to stop deporting undocumented youth who might be eligible for the federal DREAM Act, ... More >>

Arizona Senate Votes Down Five Immigration Bills Sponsored By Russell Pearce and Dingleberry Right-Wingers

Arizona SenateIs your senator a Russell Pearce dingleberry, like Steve Smith?​Five anti-immigration bills sponsored by Senate President Russell Pearce and dingleberry right-wing senators went down in defeat yesterday as sanity prevailed in the Arizona legislature. The rejected measures were S ... More >>

John McCain Says He'll Give No Endorsement in 2012 GOP Presidential Primary

Nobody's getting the John McCain stamp of approval in the 2012 GOP presidential primary -- so he says...​"The Mav" says he's sittin' this one out.Arizona Senator John McCain said this week that he has no plans to endorse any candidate in the 2012 GOP presidential primary, which may not sit well wi ... More >>

Don Bivens Should Say Bye-Bye as Democratic Party Chair in 2011, but Who Should Replace Him?

Randy Pullen Out as Arizona GOP Chair

Glory days: Pullen being sworn in as chairman in 2009, after defeating Lisa Allen Randy Pullen, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, has announced via Twitter that he will not seek reelection at the next state party meeting on January 22. This follows the news that Pullen had no ... 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 >>

10 Reasons to Vote Tomorrow for Andrew Thomas for Arizona Attorney General

In a refreshing and unexpected turn, and after much reflection, we've come up with a list of ten reasons you should vote for Andrew Thomas for Arizona Attorney General in tomorrow's GOP primary. Yes, you read that right. Sort of.  1. If elected, Thomas may finally be able t ... More >>

Doug Ducey: Emperor of Ice Cream or as Sleazy as They Come?

Teabaggers Staying Neutral in John McCain-J.D. Hayworth Showdown

www.nonamedufus.com​The endorsement war is waging in the epic GOP showdown between Senator John McCain and former Congressman J.D. Hayworth, but there is one conservative movement that's staying off the battlefield -- for now anyways.Arizona's four largest Tea Party groups announced today th ... More >>

Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform President, Endorses McCain in Senate Primary; He Takes a Swipe at J.D. Hayworth, Too

American for Tax Reform President Grover Norquist​The president of the Conservative group, Americans for Tax Reform, gave Senator John McCain a ringing endorsement this week in his primary bid to fend off his GOP opponent, former congressman turned AM radio host, J.D. Hayworth.Grover Norquist says ... More >>

Joe Arpaio Fundraising Effort Pimped by Sonoran Alliance, as One of SA's Bloggers Peddles Anti-Mexican Prejudice

by Ernesto Yerena Joe should use this for his 2012 re-election campaign, pretty much says it all... The far-right wingnut blog Sonoran Alliance just posted a whiny e-mail from Sheriff Joe begging for campaign contributions, even though his next run for sheriff wouldn't be until 2012. At ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer Uses Twitter to Rally Support in Non-Scientific Meaningless Surveys

​The news that a recent poll shows Joe Arpaio as the top dog in the GOP should he choose to run for governor seems to have Governor Jan Brewer looking for good news anywhere she can find it -- including her Twitter page.In two separate "tweets," Governor Jan is directing people to vote for her in ... More >>

The Dirty Truth about "Clean" Elections

Eckerstrom Upsets Bivens for Dem Party Chair; Pullen Beats Back James Challenge for GOP Spot

Don Bivens (left) gives way to the new Chairman of the AZ Dems Paul Eckerstrom (right). Today saw a stunning political upset of an incumbent state party chair. And no it wasn't AZ GOP Chairman Randy Pullen, who handily defeated rival Lisa James, 521 to 474 at the Republican reorganization meeting th ... More >>

Jan Brewer: Herbert Hoover in High Heels and a Pantsuit

Separated at birth? According to economist Paul Krugman, it's possible. Will soon-to-be Arizona Governor Jan Brewer repeat the mistakes of Republicans in the midst of the Great Depression, specifically those of President Herbert Hoover?It seems likely. With a GOP-led legislature intent on "starv ... More >>

The AZ GOP Slandered Dan Saban and Used Funny Money for Sheriff Joe. This Lifelong Republican Has Had Enough

Hot Links: McCain Battles Keating Five Ghosts, Arizona GOP Risks Loss of Legislature, Tina Fey Scores Beaucoup Viewers for SNL.

Hot Links: J.T. Ready, Tom Husband, Dan Saban, Joe Arpaio, Tim Bee, Avril Lavigne, John McCain, Barack Obama, and more.

What's My Line?

Reformers have a once-in-a-decade chance to take redistricting out of the hands of legislators. Can it pass? Will it work?

The Clash of '98

John Kaites and Tom McGovern — John McCain's and Grant Woods' hand-picked candidates for attorney general — are duking it out like schoolboys, while the Dems' Janet Napolitano goes to school on them