Random Musings

  When I opened up Bluesky today, journalist Brahm Resnik posted about the passing of Harry E. Mitchell, the long-time Tempe politician and ...

I say people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. From AP - Republican prosecutor in Arizona takes swipe at New York distri...

During an election cycle, particularly a long one like a presidential cycle, it's easy to lose sight of why we support this candidate or...

Two negatives don't make a positive...but two overwhelmingly negative candidates may help propel the positive candidate in a race to a w...

I haven't written much about endorsements in the CD9 primary.  Generally, endorsement competitions degenerate into a "tit for tat...

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 ...

The district lines haven't even been finalized yet, but I received my first polling call of the election season. Six potential candida...

...and some sad news in the "he's not running" department.. First up, the sad news - Harry Mitchell, the long-time Tempe (an...

From the Arizona Democratic Party   (follow the link to make a contribution) - 

In baseball, some players are "batting practice heroes," and some are "gamers." The same is true in politics - there ...

The news that a number of Arizona politicos may have improperly accepted gifts and illegal campaign contributions broke this week with the ...

With Senate candidate speculation running wild across Arizona (Flake in, Shadegg out, Arpaio flirting, Democrats waiting until summer to see...

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

From page H8247 of the Congressional Record - Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Speaker, Mo Udall once said that those elected to positions of leadership ...

Chalk one up for the politics of demonization.  A big one... Last night was definitely ugly. Many good people, and at least one great on...

...but that's all they have left...and "half-truths" may be giving them too much credit... Early yesterday, the Schweikert c...

Nearly two decades ago, former House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill published a followup to his best-selling autobiography ( ...