Random Musings

A few days ago, I posted a snark-filled piece full of speculation on possible Republican candidates for governor in 2014. Out of a sense ...

A year after she was was shot through the brain in an attack that claimed the lives of six people and wounded 13 other people, Congresswoman...

It's been almost a year since the mass shooting in Tucson, when Jared Loughner shattered the peace of a quiet Saturday by taking a pisto...

There have been a few developments on the 2012 campaign committee front since the last update. ...In the race for US Senate, Don Bivens, ...

Gotta love the smile... From her Facebook page , pics taken by P.K. Weis of SouthwestPhotoBank.com. Gabby Giffords with her mom, Gloria...

From AP, via Yahoo! News - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords can walk while holding onto a cart, mouth the lyrics to easy songs and have simple conv...

While any candidate who jumps into for the US Senate will be sure to start raising money, some potential candidates already have a head star...

... Rep. Bob Robson (R-Chandler) has announced the end of his political career.  Not in so many words of course, but it's over. From ...

Some great news today ... From ABC News - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' doctors upgraded her condition from serious to good late Tuesday ...

First the bad news - the Patriots lost today.  :((  Good news - pitchers and catchers report in less than a month. GREAT news - Congre...

Just a few quick updates... ...Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is now breathing on her own according to the latest update from the medic...

Remember the names, because while Gabrielle Giffords was the highest-profile victim of yesterday's shooting, she wasn't the only one...

Schapira and Pearce are the Arizona Senate's Democratic Leader-elect and President-elect, respectively. From the Arizona State Senate ...

From the Arizona State Capitol tonight... Harry Mitchell, one of Giffords colleagues in both the US House and the AZ Senate, speaking brie...

From Don Bivens, chair of the Arizona Democratic Party, via email - "Words cannot express the shock and devastation we feel about toda...

From his Facebook page - "This is a sad and dark day for our country, and an absolute tragedy that I don’t want to believe could happe...

Statement from Arizona Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch (via email) - "This is a sad and tragic day for the judiciary, our state, and...

Multiple sources are reporting this now, some MSM (CNN just had a spokeswoman from University Hospital in Tucson), and some back channel (em...

From NPR - Congresswoman, 6 Others, Killed By Gunman Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and six others died after a gunman opened fire at a public ...

Details are sketchy right now, but from NPR - U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona was shot outside a grocery store in Tucson while hol...