Did Emanuel Scuttle Grijalva's Nomination?

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Monday December 15, 2008 · 10:57 AM PST

2008/12/15 · 10:57

A version of this piece appeared on Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.

When Raúl Grijalva's name started to tumble off of "the shortlist" for Interior last week, I started to wonder about the role of Rahm Emanuel in the release of other names, and even in the shenanigans that went on in the offer for a Ways and Means slot.

Now that Ken Salazar's appointment to Interior has been all but confirmed, I have to ask, did Emanuel scuttle Grijalva's nomination?

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Thursday October 30, 2008 · 7:54 AM PDT

2008/10/30 · 07:54

A version of this piece appeared on Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.

What has been funny to me in this election is the number of Republicans in various states that have been trying to associate themselves with Barack Obama. When these guys are in Oregon or Massachusetts, we ain't exactly suprised. But what if they were candidates running in one of the most conservative parts of John McCain's own state?

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Tuesday October 21, 2008 · 3:13 PM PDT

2008/10/21 · 15:13

(This orginally appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.)

Back when I worked in Sam Coppersmith's campaign, we sent a volunteer to scope out Jon Kyl's headquarters opening. A few hours later, he came back to report to us on his findings. He was still wearing his name tag: it read "George Costanza."

I don't know which is worse, the fact that none of the folks at Kyl's office recognized the name, or the fact that I can't for the life of me remember "George's" real name.

That said, you might want to check out this follow up to yesterday's weird Shadegg credit card incident.

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Tuesday July 15, 2008 · 2:55 PM PDT

2008/07/15 · 14:55

(Note: A version of this story appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.)

I made the mistake of watching Verdict yesterday where they had a John McCain sycophant go on and on about how McCain stuck by his principles when he bucked his party on immigration. He and the host failed to note that he was lining up with the president and the business community on the issue (not exactly "bucking" the folks in charge), and when the heat came down he didn't even support his own bill that this guy was giving him credit for. But hey, he's a maverick, right?

Also, the guy noted that he has this great sense of humor. What?

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Wednesday February 07, 2007 · 10:56 AM PST

2007/02/07 · 10:56

(A version of this story originally appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion)

A bit of a followup to something I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. At this weekend's DNC meeting, Young Democrats of America. The YDA, which officially has three at-large members on the DNC, has been demanding that state parties be directed to recognize goals for recruiting young delegates, just as they are directed to set "affirmative action" goals for other groups. Arguments that this demand is unreasonable or unnecessary would be easier to swallow if the DNC's own charter didn't call for it. (Article 8, sections 3 and 4.)

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Sunday October 22, 2006 · 10:03 PM PDT

2006/10/22 · 22:03

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The US Attorney's office has information that Rick Renzi told someone that he would only introduce legislation for a land swap if that legislation included land that belonged to a business partner of his. The New Times ran a detailed piece on the land deal but was unaware that the US Attorney's office was actually ready to indict Renzi for soliciting a bribe. Read More

Revisiting "Macaca"

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Sunday September 24, 2006 · 8:25 PM PDT

2006/09/24 · 20:25

(This originally appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion)

There has been a lot of piling on Senator George Allen. Poor guy.

It all started with his "macaca" comment that confirmed suspicions in some people's minds about Allen's racial views. But what if we were all wrong about this? Read More

AZ-8 Polling Numbers

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Thursday August 24, 2006 · 12:18 PM PDT

2006/08/24 · 12:18

I wasn't able to find that anyone else posted these. I have my suspicions that this may be more because who these numbers show being ahead. The survey asked 300 Democrats and 300 Republicans who have voted in the last two primaries who their preferences are in the Arizona CD 8 race. Read More

Border Patrol Bravely Captures Mailman

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Thursday January 19, 2006 · 9:00 PM PST

2006/01/19 · 21:00

The Border Patrol saw a guy driving a small truck containing several large bags, stopping at various houses in along Ft. Grant Road, between Willcox and the Graham County line.

Our boys in green got suspicious and pulled the guy over and detained him for twenty minutes.
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AZ - Racist Leader Endorses Don Goldwater for Gov

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Sunday August 28, 2005 · 10:25 AM PDT

2005/08/28 · 10:25

Our favorite border vigilante, Chris Simcox, has endorsed Don Goldwater for Governor of Arizona. I'm thinking of that moment in the 1964 election when leaders of the Ku Klux Klan announced their support of Barry Goldwater, Don's uncle. Someone said, "Goldwater isn't for the racists, but all the racists are for Goldwater."

I'll give this Goldwater the benefit of the doubt and say that he isn't racist either. At least for now. Read More

Victory for Public Financing

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Wednesday August 24, 2005 · 7:07 PM PDT

2005/08/24 · 19:07

In another victory for Arizona's Clean Elections system, an administrative law judge said that the Clean Elections Commission was right to remove State Rep. David Burnell Smith from office for violating the terms of his Clean Elections contract.
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