Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth’s latest TV ad has given the John McCain campaign an opportunity to re-package the old “wrestling match with a pig” analogy. As the saying goes, getting into one is a bad idea because “you both get dirty and the pig likes it.”The McCain campaign would argue…
Get out your race cards because Congressional candidate Vernon Parker wants to play.Parker released a statement a few minutes ago claiming the term “national poster boy” is racist.It’s not so much the “national” or “poster” that put a blip on Parker’s racial radar, it’s the word “boy,” which his campaign has…
On Tuesday, the Arizona Capitol Times ran a story with the headline “Quayle Mailer Not Actually What Meets the Eye.”The article bashes District 3 Congressional candidate Ben Quayle for distributing campaign literature showing a picture of him with two toddler-age girls. The criticism is that Quayle doesn’t have kids and…
Ben Quayle to his immediate family — which one of his primary opponents suggested was “rented.”Quayle’s getting beat up in some local news outlets for a campaign mailer he sent out showing him with two toddler-age girls (they’re adorable).Check out the mailer after the jump…
Phoenix officials are scheduled to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court on September 27 to further explain why they are refusing to release Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s security-detail logs.A judge recently rejected a motion by Phoenix’s city attorney to dismiss the lawsuit, and the case continues to move through the legal…
A few short months ago, the U.S. Senate seat that’s up for grabs in this year’s election seemed almost certain to go to a Republican. The only question seemed to be which Republican it would be — J.D. Hayworth or John McCain.Things have changed, though, most notably for Hayworth following publicity…
Arizona politicians are getting a reputation throughout the country. Let’s just say Russell Pearce and Jan Brewer appearing almost nightly on national news programs hasn’t left the rest of the nation in awe of their smarts.That said, Arizona politicos owe Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Basil Marceaux a thank-you card or two because he…
Did you know that U.S. Senate candidate Jim Deakin’s house is in foreclosure? Well, it isn’t. But that didn’t stop one of his primary opponents’ campaign from spreading the false rumor.Over the weekend, news of the alleged foreclosure found its way to various news outlets, few of which bothered to ask Deakin if…
The Arizona Republic conducted a poll last month asking respondents if the debate over immigration caused by the SB 1070 fiasco has increased racism in Arizona.The answer, according to the Repub’s poll: yes…
Dan Saban, who ran twice against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has lost his appeal of a failed defamation lawsuit he filed three years ago against Arpaio and his office. The Arizona Court of Appeals on Thursday upheld the September 2007 trial-court ruling against Saban’s lawsuit. The Appeals Court ruling seems to…
Since our earlier post about the number of arrests made during yesterday’s SB 1070 protests in downtown Phoenix, other law enforcement agencies that were slappin’ cuffs on protesters checked in and bumped up the total number of arrests by about 25.As we reported earlier, the Phoenix Police Department arrested 45…
We got word from Devin Fleenor, a vocal anti-Arpaio activist, on Wednesday night that he planned to chain himself to the Fourth Avenue Jail during yesterday’s SB 1070 protests with the hopes of being arrested.As you’ll see in some photos after the jump, Fleenor held true to his word. Sheriff’s…
There were no water cannons or police dogs. No riots or cops beating people with batons — you could probably say as far as protests go, yesterday’s demonstration in downtown Phoenix over SB 1070 was a bit of a yawner.People did get arrested, though.The Phoenix Police Department is done crunching…
Yesterday, a bullet shot through the window of Congressman Raul Grijalva’s Yuma office and there is no shortage of speculation as to who’s responsible.The bullet was found a day after Grijalva announced he was calling off his request for outside businesses to boycott Arizona.It also comes a day after a…
Ben Quayle, a candidate for Congress in Arizona’s Third District, isn’t even the Republican Party’s nominee yet, but that isn’t stopping the probable Democratic nominee, Jon Hulburd, from bashing him for how — more specifically, where — he raises money.Hulburd’s gripe: a lot of Quayle’s money has come from out-of-state…
Judge Susan Bolton’s made her decision regarding the SB 1070 injunction, and nobody seems too thrilled about it — on either side of the debate.Both sides are declaring victory — in some sense — while the real winner seems to depend on whom you ask, or the radio station to…
If you’re running for office in Arizona and haven’t issued a detailed statement outlining your position on Judge Susan Bolton’s decision to grant an injunction for certain parts of SB 1070, it’s time to get to work. Today was a political opportunist’s Christmas in July.No matter which side of the…
Today’s the day. SB 1070 is set to take effect manana and still no word from U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton on whether she plans to grant an injunction.Bolton’s suggested that she may allow certain sections of the new law to take effect but grant the injunction on others.Meanwhile, both supporters…
The latest poll numbers in Arizona’s Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate show the race is still up for grabs — and that’s despite former Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman’s war chest of more than a million dollars.According to the latest Rasmussen poll, released today, nearly half of Arizona’s likely Democratic…
Arizona Representative Rich Crandall got some good news today: his only opponent in the District 19 state Senate race has ended his campaign.In a statement released last night, Mesa businessman James Molina announced he was bailing on his campaign because his business’ demands on his time are too much for…
If Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth doesn’t already want to deliver a firm kick to the balls of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff’, he should. Hayworth’s entire campaign’s been marred with — among other things — his ties to Abramoff and the corruption-based hits just keep on comin’.The group Citizens for Responsibility…
About two weeks ago, the former head of the Andrew Thomas rah-rah squad, and current director of social media for the J.D. Hayworth Senate campaign, claimed that a poll putting John McCain ahead by 45 points in the race was “doctored.”After making the accusation on her blog, Intellectual Conservative, Rachel Alexander…
