I watched President Obama's last political rally in Iowa--the state where it all started for him 4 years ago--and thought, "I hope this time, the campaigning Obama is the Obama we get in the White House." I love President Obama as a candidate. He inspires. He raises hope. He looks and sounds like a strong [...]
The BBC is reporting that if the world could vote, it would overwhelmingly chose President Obama. He won 20 nations in a 21-nation poll: 72 percent of the French; two-thirds of Canadians. The only natiion to go for Gov. Romney is Pakistan. But what the world wants doesn't count today. What counts is what American [...]
The religious right wing has so kidnapped the Republican Party, and I've been waiting for real Republicans to take it back. Looks like that's happening in Ohio, where Senate Republican candidate Josh Mandel today saw 9 of his wife's cousins take out an ad blasting his anti-gay stance. He married into the prominent Ratner family [...]
Already we're watching Republican efforts to suppress the vote--Tea Party "poll watchers" are targeting minority precincts for early voting and who knows what kind of mischief they've got planned for tomorrow. Whenever a politician tries to limit a person's ability to vote; whenever a citizens' group tries to intimidate a voter; whenever robo calls send [...]
If I could point to one item that will carry Democrats to victory, it's the Republican's horrible attitude about women. The GOP platform makes abortion a CRIMINAL ACT and doesn't even allow exceptions for rape and incest. At least 13 Republican Senate candidates have made outrageous and demeaning statements, affirming they don't think getting raped [...]
I'm not in the right district to vote for Kyrsten Sinema for Congress, but I'd happily vote for her if I could. She's been my legislator for years, and here's what I know: Forget those hysterical attack ads that are laughable, know that Kyrsten is one of the hardest working lawmakers Arizona has ever seen. [...]
The name is already tripping off my tongue: Senator Carmona. This good and decent man--the first real adult I've seen in Arizona politics for a looooonnnnnngggggg time--will bring some respect and credibility back to Arizona, which has lost so much in the last few years. I'm wondering how many times Republicans cried in their beer--or [...]
Sheriff's race spoiler Mike Stauffer--the independent who refused to get out of the race to let Democrat Paul Penzone face Sheriff Joe Arpaio on his own--is looking more suspicious every minute. The latest campaign reports show he has had "no activity" since September, meaning he hasn't been campaigning for the job at all, even though [...]
We're watching voting lines in Florida and Ohio and hearing citizens screaming "Let us Vote, Let us Vote," and I'm watching the Republican leadership in those states turning a deaf ear. They're closing polling places after folks have stood in line for hours. They're refusing to expand voting hours or voting locales. What we're seeing [...]
Mitt Romney reminds me of the entire fantasy cast of Wizard of Oz. Like the Scarecrow, his brain is suspect, and just two examples suffice: his $5 billion tax plan is "mathematically impossible," most experts agree, and his "Jeep is moving all jobs to China" is simply untrue. Only a man with no brain would [...]