Random Musings

Yesterday, I wrote a post about how AZ's delegation voted on Cheeto's budget bill, crafted to devastate society by taking from the ...

I don't know who will emerge from the Democratic primary in CD1, but incumbent R David Schweikert is already writing an ad for the chall...

At least they are for federal candidates, candidates for AZ offices have an extra week to file reports. Some caveats: It's still very ea...

...The race isn't over yet, not by a long shot, but Hillary Clinton went a long way toward securing the 2016 Democratic nomination for t...

...Not in a "let's examine gun laws and the culture of violence in the U.S." sort of way, but in a "let's blame the D...

"Dog whistle politics" rearing its ugly head in Arizona.  Yet again. From RationalWiki - Dog whistle politics usually refers...

Liberals like to claim that the Arizona Republic is a "conservative" paper, but it's not. ( Though to be fair, many of them re...

There's been a lot of bluster and name-calling from Republican candidates during this year's election season - "Obamacare!...

Serving to fill in the deafening silence from the RW blogs ( zero posts and counting so far ) regarding Jan Brewer's performance has bee...

Greg at Espresso Pundit went all in with his predictions , and Donna at Democratic Diva steadfastly and with dignity declined to make any pr...

Some of these are eye-opening... All info courtesy the website of the Federal Election Commission, reporting period 7/1/2010 thru 8/4/2010...

Later this week, or perhaps early next week, the US House will vote on a health care reform bill. Its passage (assuming it passes, a likely ...

Some of this material has been covered elsewhere but it merits inclusion here... ...In CD3, attorney Paulina Morris has filed for a run at ...

Yesterday, there were a few relatively high profile elections on the East Coast. Call them the undercard to next year's mid-terms. If th...

...In the "big" news this week, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes announced that she would not run for the Republican no...

Updated on 10/16 with every incumbent now reporting; many of those who are just 'exploring' haven't filed yet. Many of those, b...

from the various Congressional campaigns. The list isn't complete (the due date is the 15th) but here's a partial summary of report...

Wednesday was a day of transition for many Republicans... ...Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn of Washington passed away at her home in Vi...

I had planned to do a significant post in commemoration of my 500th post here, full of wry observations and profound witticisms. However, it...

but I'm not the only one who made the same oops. A couple of weeks ago, I (and a few other AZ bloggers) did a post about the Congressio...