Kyrsten Sinema Not Jumping to CD 7

After a week of allowing voters in Congressional District 9 believe that she didn’t want to serve them any more, Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema has finally made a Sherman-esque statement about the prospect of running in CD 7, where Congressman Ed Pastor recently announced he would not seek re-election. The following…

Top Ten Reasons Kyrsten Sinema Should Jump to CD 7

Update: Sadly, since this list was published, Sinema has decided not to commit political seppuku and parachute into CD 7. Sigh. Looks like we may have her to kick around a la Dick Nixon for a while longer. One week after Democratic Congressman Ed Pastor announced that he would not…

SB 1062 Uproar: Can Arizona Democrats Capitalize on It in November?

Update 2/26/14 5:59 PM: Jan Brewer Vetoes SB 1062 Back in the dark ages, Republicans used to be all about the economy, stupid. A chicken in every pot, a home-entertainment center in every living room. Take, for instance, our last great Republican president — William Jefferson Clinton. He demonstrated that…

Tom Horne Pimps Bill Restricting Access to Public Records

Now why would Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne want to make it difficult and costly for reporters and regular citizens to obtain public records? Given the trouble Horne’s gotten himself into regarding public records requests to his office — resulting in an FBI investigation, two county attorneys concluding that Horne…

Tom Horne Testifies, Channels Bill Clinton

Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne looked so peaceful during his testimony Wednesday afternoon that if someone told me he’d done a bong hit during lunch, I’d have to consider the possibility. It was a marked change from the rest of the hearing into his, um, alleged campaign finance shenanigans, which…