Politics & Government

[jump] “McCain gives fake-sounding closing mourning 4 someone who died due to illegal immigration crime. Insincere due to his amnesty bill,” Alexander “tweeted” following the debate.That “someone” who Alexander says died because of “illegal immigration crime” was 20-year-old Christopher Moon, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. He was killed…

Jim Deakin nearly crying in a Glenn Beck sort of way and John McCain quoting Bob Dole, there weren’t too many standout moments in The Maverick’s debates with J.D. Hayworth on Saturday. Check them out in their entirety after the jump…

Get out the tin-foil, Rachel Alexander needs a new hat.Alexander, the former leader of the Andrew Thomas cheer squad, seems to think there’s a conspiracy among Rocky Mountain pollsters who “doctored” the numbers in a recent poll to give John McCain a huge lead over his GOP Senate primary opponent…

Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, and congressional candidate in Arizona’s third district, announced last night that his campaign has exceeded its fund-raising goals this quarter.It may come as no shock to anyone, the dude’s got a shit-load of money…

Attorney General Terry Goddard, the one-time front-runner in the Arizona governor’s race, got some bad news yesterday: Governor Jan Brewer’s poll numbers are lookin’ pretty awesome. A poll released yesterday shows that Brewer holds a 20-point lead over Goddard in a head-to-head showdown for governor…

Five months ago, you could’ve sneaked up and hit us up-side the face with a two-by-four and we wouldn’t have been half as shocked as if you’d said Jan Brewer was leading the polls for governor.That was five months ago —  meantime, Jan signed SB 1070, and needless to say, things changed.According…

The day has finally arrived, Arizona: The state’s much-loathed photo-radar speed-enforcement program comes to an end tonight. At 11:59 p.m. today, the plug will be pulled on all the state’s speed-cams, and anyone caught speeding past one will no longer have to fear a process server dropping off a nasty-gram…

The trend this week among Arizona politicos locked in primary campaigns they have no chance of winning is that, once the reality sets in that their chances at victory are slim-to-none, they suspend their campaign. In the last seven days, both Owen “Buz” Mills and state Treasurer Dean Martin have bailed on…

Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth may want to get out the forks because if you believe the latest poll numbers, the dude’s done.Poll numbers released today by Phoenix-based Behavior Research Center show that McCain now has a 45-point lead over the former conservative radio host turned “free government money” pitchman…

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s life got a little easier today when her last remaining credible opponent in the GOP primary for governor, Owen “Buz” Mills,  suspended his campaign.Mills announced his decision today, saying the focus of the gubernatorial campaign is now immigration and border security and not economic issues — like job creation…

Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth apparently has jumped the gun in his public thank-you to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig for opting to keep the 2011 MLB All Star Game in Phoenix, despite pressure from immigration advocates to move the game in protest of Arizona’s controversial, new immigration law. We got…

The District 3 Republican Congressional primary is one of the most crowded races in the country. According to an article in the Arizona Capitol Times yesterday, Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, is a “top-tier” candidate in the race, despite his lack of experience and his failure…

The love affair between Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and GOPers all over the country apparently has found its way to the United States Senate. Both of Arizona’s senators announced this afternoon that they’ll support Brewer in the GOP primary for governor this August and, obviously, in the general election in November…

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 campaigns — Martin hasn’t officially pulled the plug yet) in the GOP primary for governor with…

This came as a bit of a shocker on a slow, Friday afternoon but we just got word that Treasurer Dean Martin is suspending his campaign to become the Republican nominee for governor.In a statement released moments ago, Martin says by continuing his campaign he would only be taking away…

Despite this past Wednesday being “National Fuck Prius Day,” former New Times scribe and Democratic Senate hopeful, John Dougherty, announced today that he will be arriving at tonight’s debate in a “motorcade of electric cars.”It probably won’t be the coolest-looking motorcade in the history of communal transportation — and he’d…

A federal jury yesterday handed a guilty verdict to Rick Renzi’s accountant, Dwayne Lequire, for embezzling $796,000 from the former Congressman’s company — and conspiring with Renzi to do it. He faces up to 85 years in prison when he’s sentenced on October 18. The disgraced, former Republican Congressman from Tucson still faces…

Change his name to Dunn-zo because Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn is out. Dunn pulled the plug on his campaign for Maricopa County Attorney yesterday claiming that since former County Attorney Andrew Thomas no longer ran the show, the office was back on the right track. Check out part of his announcement after the jump…

Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn announced this morning that he’s pulling the plug on his campaign to become the next Maricopa County Attorney — news from the county attorney’s race that’s apparently Arizona Republic-worthy.Dunn issued a press release this morning basically saying he was dropping out because he no longer felt…

  A recent headline in the right-wing blog Sonoran Alliance that claims the Arizona Republic has a “blackout” of coverage for the 2010 race for Maricopa County Attorney seems to be accurate. An archive search shows the state’s largest newspaper has written almost nothing about the Republican candidates’ competitive race for…

If you drive a Toyota Prius, don’t be too surprised if on your drive to work today a passing driver tells you to go fuck yourself. Today is National “Fuck Prius Day,” when those who don’t drive the fuel-friendly cars of the future — and think those who do need to…

It’s now officially official: the federal government is suing Arizona over SB 1070, the state’s controversial new immigration law. In case you missed it, which seems nearly impossible, the federal government filed a lawsuit yesterday claiming the new statute violates the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause…