KTAR radio host Larry Gaydos often describes Governor Jan Brewer as being “intellectually bankrupt.” While we often find Gaydos’ assessment fairly accurate, Brewer reaffirmed today what might be considered the best decision of her political career: no more debates.Rather than allow an opportunity to redeem herself for her ghastly performance in…
John McCain may not be the most popular guy in Arizona, but his Democratic opponent in this year’s Senate race, Rodney Glassman, seems far less popular.Glassman’s campaign has gotten off to a sluggish start — staffers quitting, rumors that Glassman treats campaign workers like crap — and now a New…
Yesterday, conservative pollster Scott Rasmussen released a poll showing that despite Governor Jan Brewer’s brain fart during the gubernatorial debate last week, her poll numbers have somehow gone up.You’ve probably already seen Jan’s infamous moment of silence, but for good measure (and because we just can’t get enough of it),…
You’ve probably heard the predictions by now: Democrats are going to be scarcer in Congress this November. The number of potential seats lost could be high, but there’s only so much money to go around to help them campaign. The AFL-CIO, typically a stalwart money source for Democrats, announced…
Since our earlier post about the new, morality-based radio ad run on Valley radio stations by Republican Congressional candidate Ben Quayle, his opponent, Democratic candidate Jon Hulburd, has responded.Quayle’s ad is in response to one of Hulburd’s ads, and while we’re not typically in the businesses of running responses to responses…
To quote John McCain’s campaign spokesman, Brian Rogers, “We don’t live and die with every poll.” That said, it should be noted that despite the cat that latched on to Governor Jan Brewer’s tongue during last week’s debate, her poll numbers have actually gone up — if you believe the…
About a week ago, Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd made listening to Christian radio somewhat tolerable. He began running ads on Christian radio stations bashing his opponent, Republican Ben Quayle, for ties to “The Dirty” — a Web site some argue has less than a Christian message. “I’ve read that congressional candidate…
Alberto grew up in Phoenix, after his illegal-immigrant parents took him here when he was two years old. The young man, now 18, left town this summer for New Mexico to escape Arizona’s oppressive, anti-undocumented fervor.Santa Fe’s New Mexican newspaper details his story in its online edition today, reporting that he’s…
The Arizona Green Party wants a federal judge to block the names of 11 candidates from appearing on the November 2 ballot, saying the candidates are “shams” who don’t represent the party.The lawsuit and request for immediate hearing comes a few days after the state Democratic Party accused former state…
A 27-year-old tarot-card reader, reportedly homeless and with less than a dollar to his name, is among the candidates running to serve as Arizona’s State Treasurer?Thank Steve May.May, a Republican running for a House seat in District 17, once told the nation that he had “chosen to live…life with integrity.”What’s happened…
Rodney Glassman, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, would make the Bush-era tax cuts permanent for the middle class, says his spokesman, Blake Morlock. The candidate’s spokesman, Blake Morlock, called us after reading this morning’s blog post about Glassman’s stance on the tax cuts. Despite Glassman’s earlier position, vis-a-vis a news…
Rodney Glassman, the young, rich, Democrat running for the U.S. Senate against incumbent Republican John McCain, loves the tax cuts put into place by former President George W. Bush. It’s surprising to hear any Dem praising a move by Bush, who still gets the credit by President Obama for today’s…
Republican Senator John McCain and his Democratic contender, Rodney Glassman, will match wits later this month in a televised debate. The political show-down will take place in the studios of Channel 3, (KTVK-TV) and air at 6 p.m. In announcing that Glassman will take part, the Democrat’s election crew took the opportunity for a bit…
By now, much of the country has seen the horrendous debate performance Monday night by Governor Jan Brewer. Let the parodies begin. (Full Disclosure: Um, we know this child.) Next up is a video that’s garnered a few thousand hits with Brewer played by a drag queen:…
It’s no secret — not really — that Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s son is seriously mentally ill. During her years in the state Legislature and as a member of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, she mentioned it often in passing, and earned a reputation as a big-hearted advocate for…
Now that Jan Brewer’s proven herself a space-case of a public speaker, her Democratic competitor, Terry Goddard, is renewing his call for a whole series of debates. The milqetoast candidate, son of former Arizona governor Sam Goddard, would just love watching a repeat or two of last night’s gaffe, we’re…
If you missed the hour-long gubernatorial debate on Horizon last night, you missed a train wreck performance by Gov. Jan Brewer. The hour-long session with the Brewer (Republican), Terry Goddard (Democrat), Barry Hess (Libertarian) and Larry Gist (Green) started off bad for Brewer and just kept getting worse.Brewer kicked it…
Arizona has had more than its fair share of bad characters in the governor’s chair for too many years. Ev Mecham: Impeached. Fife Symington: Convicted. Jane Hull: Alt Fuels. Napolitano: Credit Card’s Maxed Out — Time to Quit. Now we’ve got these bozos to choose from…
Patrick Chorpenning, the former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans’ Services, pleaded guilty today to two corruption-related felony charges. He’ll be sentenced on October 6 by Judge Susan Brnovich, but prosecutors have already agreed to a sentence that includes only probation. However, Chorpenning also agrees to pay back $451,351…
One look at the tax plan of Democratic Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd and you’d think the guy’s a Republican.Hulburd’s plan includes things like extending the Bush tax cuts through 2012, permanently lowering the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, and making permanent the current tax rate for…
No recounts will be needed in any state or county race following last week’s primary election, says Matt Benson of the Secretary of State’s office. As of late-afternoon Tuesday, all the votes statewide have been counted. Some races got within a rat’s hair of forcing a recount, like the Democratic one for…
Congressional candidate Jon Hulburd, who’s squaring off with Ben Quayle in the District 3 Congressional race, went On the Record with Greta Van Susteren last night, and he would have looked great — if he were a Republican.Hulburd’s appearance with Greta came on the same day we received a press…
