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McCain: They Don't Like Him, They Really Don't Like Him

Paul Jenkins | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

The expectations McCain brought to the race were impossibly high to fulfill, thanks to decades of media cheerleading and his ability to believe in his own hype.

Debate -- McCain calls Nuclear Safety Advocates "Extreme Environmentalists"

Steve Parker | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Steve Parker

McCain made a gaffe (not as bad as when he called Obama "Senator Government"), which got me thinking and worried me greatly.

Arizona's Legislature Slipping From Republicans

Auburn McCanta | Posted 11.13.2008 | Home


Auburn McCanta

In the last number of years, we've watched the Republicans throw their hands up in the air and bury their heads in regards to Arizona's basic issues. It's just been a do-nothing legislature that's taken a pass on even the simple needs of the state.

A Fiesta In Tempe

Dave McLane | Posted 11.04.2008 | Home


Dave McLane

Watching the Biden-Palin debate in the Fiesta Room at El Penasco in Tempe, Ariz. on October 2, 2008 was indeed a fiesta. Hosted by Linna Thompson of D...

It's Wrong to Count People Who Don't Vote

Michael Markarian | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Michael Markarian

People who have died or moved and are still on the voter rolls.

Friday Talking Points [47] -- Our First Anniversary

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Surprise! It's our first anniversary column! But before we get to that, I have to pass on this information, in the hopes nobody will get stung by a v...

Seth Colter Walls

Affirmative Action Ban Likely To Be Stripped From Arizona Ballot, Opponents Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics


On Monday, opponents of an Arizona ballot initiative that would bar public institutions from adopting affirmative action policies filed what observers...

McCain's Mansions: The Houses That Greed Built

Robert Greenwald | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics


Robert Greenwald

Far too many are buying into McCain's deceit because the corporate press won't present the whole picture, so we created this video to educate the public about the REAL McCain.

McCain's Home State Woes: On the Ground In Arizona

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home


Marlene H. Phillips

"If McCain loses Arizona it'll be because he sold out the Hispanic voters. He changed his stance on immigration to appeal to the far right. Now there's nothing he can do to get that back."

McCain's Problem with White Voters

Paul Jenkins | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics


Paul Jenkins

It is McCain who needs to score exceptionally well among white voters, better in fact than any other Republican presidential candidate in the past 20 years, including George H. W. Bush.

Green Party Admits Soldiers Testing Positive to Depleted Uranium

R. B. Stuart | Posted 12.28.2008 | Politics


R. B. Stuart

While soldiers in Iraq/Afghanistan are being exposed to the invisible radiological airborne dust, the Depleted Uranium issue fails to be raised by neither major political party.

McCain Loves Teddy Roosevelt, But He Doesn't Act Like It

Washington Independent | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics


Arizona Sen. John McCain, the presumed GOP nominee, has repeatedly declared himself a disciple of Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican president who fir...

Friday Talking Points [39] -- Republican Elitism Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

For only the fourth (or fifth, depending on how you count) time in his presidency, George W. Bush had a veto overridden by both houses of Congress thi...

McCain Opens Southwest HQ Amid Protests

Dawn Teo | Posted 07.09.2008 | Home


Dawn Teo

During the grand opening of the McCain Campaign Ariz. headquarters Friday, a couple of hundred supporters showed up and at least half that number protested outside in the 110 degree heat.

Helicopters Collide In Midair Over Arizona (VIDEO)

AP | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home


A helicopter ferrying a patient with a medical emergency from the Grand Canyon collided into another chopper carrying a patient near a northern Arizon...

New Citizen Voters in Colorado

Ryan Rivera | Posted 07.05.2008 | Home


Ryan Rivera

Hundreds of thousands of new citizens will be casting their votes in November, and in the swinging Southwest, these disproportionately Latino and Democratic voters could cinch tight elections.

Navajo Nation Takes The Plunge

Tim Giago | Posted 06.28.2008 | Living


Tim Giago

The once-reluctant Navajo Nation is finally joining the ranks of the other 225 tribes in America and will open their first casino in October. They project an income of $32 million in the first year.

Obama Grassroots Spreading In McCainland

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.26.2008 | Home


Dawn Teo

Arizona Repubs didn't show up for a joint personal appearance by Sen. McCain and Pres. Bush. But Obama grassroots volunteers are ramping up for the general election long before any official Obama staffers arrive.

Arizona: Swing State?

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


John McCain faces a difficult task in November. Bush's approval ratings are at record lows, and the number of voters registered as Democrats is signi...

Navajo Nation: Election 2008

Rebecca Ford | Posted 06.25.2008 | Home


Rebecca Ford

With over 38,000 registered voters, the residents of Navajo Nation in the southwest are being courted by McCain and Obama. After 140 years, said one man, "a minority president might change things."

McCain Acknowledges He May Lose Arizona

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.18.2008 | Home


Dawn Teo

The McCain campaign has admitted to a shocking reality -- his support in his home state keeps dipping, dramatically. He's only 5 points ahead in his home district.

Almost Blue: The Obama-Dean Western Campaign

Dawn Teo | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home


Dawn Teo

Obama's army goes deep behind enemy lines in the West. He and Dean are determined to compete in red states as a matter of strategy, forcing McCain to spend money and resources on his own turf.