Someone over at John McCain’s campaign headquarters has a hell of a funny bone.For the second time in two weeks, a McCain press release has given us a chuckle at the expense of his GOP Senate primary opponent J.D. Hayworth, and the latest seems to wrap all of Hayworth’s boneheaded…
Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is wasting no time in attacking his GOP primary opponent for attorney general, Maricopa County’s former brown-bashing County Attorney Andrew Thomas.Thomas quit his gig as county attorney last week to run for state attorney general — a job Horne has been eying for the better part…
A version of Mayor Phil Gordon’s 2009 calendar released this week to New Times is missing some bits of inflammatory information that were present last year.When city officials provided some of the same public records last year, the calendar revealed that on at least two occasions, Gordon’s girlfriend Elissa Mullany was the contact…
Senator John McCain picked up the endorsement of the National Federation Of Independent Business yesterday, but he seemed to need a little reminder as to the name of the organization endorsing him.McCain took a brief tour of the Central Bindery Company in Phoenix before NFIB President Farrell Quinlan stepped to…
See update here.Local spin-doctor Jason Rose, who has represented Ellman over the years, said Mullany was not working for Ellman, but he would not give a direct answer to whether she had worked for him in the past. Gordon refused to comment on Mullany’s clients, saying questions should be directed to her. He wouldn’t…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio continues to rattle his political sabers (and keep the media foaming at the mouth), claiming now that he’s taking the next step in getting his name on the ballot for this year’s gubernatorial election.Arpaio, who has been stirring up rumors that he would run for…
Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, and Congressional candidate for the House seat getting vacated by Congressman John Shadegg, picked up the endorsement of Indiana Congressman Mike Pence, the campaign announced last night. Quayle is one of nearly 10 Congressional hopefuls in a crowded field of GOPers seeking the seat,…
Rodney Glassman, the baby-faced former vice mayor of Tucson, officially entered the 2010 Senate race yesterday, after months of speculation that he would run. Glassman resigned his post as vice mayor yesterday to run because of Arizona’s resign-to-run law, and based on statements the new candidate is releasing to the media,…
What do you call a vampire who’s running for the U.S. Senate? Don’t bother asking Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth because the guy’s apparently humorless, can’t take a joke.Hayworth seems to think that a vampire quip made by former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods was a death threat, and is demanding an apology.In an…
John McCain’s maverickness is getting called into question after an interview the senator gave this week, where McCain downplays the nickname and denies ever viewing himself in that regard. “I never considered myself a maverick,” McCain tells Newsweek. “I consider myself a person who serves the people of Arizona to…
In celebration of the beginning of baseball season, Senator John McCain announced today that he has the support of former Arizona Diamondbacks slugger Luis Gonzalez in his bid to fend off J.D. Hayworth, his Republican U.S. Senate primary opponent.While we don’t recommend that you take your voting cues from a…
A former political aide for John McCain has put up $2,500 of his own money to counter a medical marijuana inititiative that probably will be be on the 2010 ballot. Max Fose, owner of a political-consulting and PR firm, has apparently been trying to “Stop the Pot” since he launched…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth, the “consistent conservative” who touts his devout Christianity in television and radio ads, is heading to Las Vegas this weekend for happy hour with fellow conservatives at a bar called Stoney’s on the Strip.Where else would a good Christian spend his Easter weekend.Hayworth will be at…
When your average citizen is murdered, there typically isn’t a Congressional hearing to sort out the details. However, when that citizen is assumed to have been murdered by an illegal immigrant, members of Congress tend to take notice — even the cops have scant evidence.The latest to use the murder of…
Voting on a bill that would limit the punishment for teen “sexters” was delayed in the Arizona House today because lawmakers don’t think the bill is the right fix for the growing problem.For anyone unfamiliar with “sexting,” it’s basically when someone uses a cell phone or computer to send another…
Since our previous post about J.D. Hayworth’s “Million Dollar March,” the Hayworth campaign got back to us, saying all the money the campaign claims it received during the campaign is in-hand — and not just a collection of pledges with no financial backing.”We have raised over $1 million in checks, cash,…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will resign from office on April 6 to run for state Attorney General. Thomas’ campaign consultant, Jason Rose, issued a news release this afternoon about the decision, linking to a video on Thomas’ exploratory committee Web site. The move has long been anticipated, but…
U.S. Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth says his campaign raised more than $1 million in the month of March, including about $100,000 late last night.Right.At the beginning of March, Hayworth embarked on an ambitious fund-raising goal of a million dollars for the month. He gave it the catchy name “Million Dollar…
It’s really no surprise that Owen “Buz” Mills supports Arizona’s becoming the third state in the country to allow citizens to carry concealed guns without a permit. The candidate for governor calls himself a fiscal and social conservative, and, in sort of a “Who would Jesus shoot?” moment, informs us that the…
The John McCain campaign has some harsh words for J.D. Hayworth over comments the former congressman made in regard to McCain calling on the National Guard to be deployed to the U.S./ Mexico border in wake of a the murder of an Arizona rancher over the weekend.Police suspect that the…
At a press conference that more resembled a garden party for Scottsdale’s elite — complete with Range Rovers and BMWs lining the streets near Ben Quayle’s 44th Street campaign headquarters (we even caught Marilyn Quayle telling pals to take campaign literature to “hand out at your bridge groups”) — Quayle made it official:…
While there is still no concrete proof that the murder of a Southern Arizona rancher over the weekend was the work of an illegal immigrant, Senator John McCain wants to call in the National Guard to defend the Arizona/Mexico border.Looks like all is fair in a conservative standoff.McCain, who once…
