Arizona
Another Arizonan Running Interior?
The three-term Democrat has been a staunch critic of how the Bush administration runs Interior. Now the Obama transition team is considering him to manage a department marred by scandal and low employee morale. But will Grijalva’s combative nature hurt his chances?
Arizona’s Loss Good For the Nation
Well, it appears I was wrong. Several media outlets reported late Wednesday that unnamed Democratic officials said President-elect Barack Obama will likely tap Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano for secretary of homeland security.
Obama Won McCain’s Home Precinct by 13 Points
Not to beat a dead horse, but I saw this item buried in The Arizona Republic yesterday.
John McCain may have won Arizona by nine points over Barack Obama, but he lost his home precinct. Election data from Maricopa County shows that the state’s very own presidential nominee lost to Obama by 13 points in McCain’s [...]
Cabinet Watch: Janet Napolitano
PHOENIX — Popular Arizona Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano is being mentioned as a potential top member of the Obama administration. Some say the former U.S. attorney would make a ‘great’ attorney general.
Breaking: Obama TV Offensive in AZ, GA, ND
The Obama campaign announced Friday morning that it is investing new resources for a TV blitz deep in Republican territory, running new ads in North Dakota, Georgia and Sen. John McCain’s home state of Arizona.
The announcement is either a small-buy head fake, which could stoke heady press coverage of the campaign’s offense in the closing [...]
Obama Might Make Play for Arizona
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Please forgive me for harping on Arizona. It is my adopted home state, and having lived here or in New York for most of my life, I have never resided in a state that received much attention during a competitive presidential campaign.
So it is with great excitement that I read this item [...]
McCain Robocalling Arizonans
It’s official: Sen. John McCain has committed resources to defend his home state of Arizona.
In the wake of a slew of polls that show the race in the Grand Canyon State tightening in recent weeks, Talking Points Memo reports that several of its Arizona readers reported receiving a McCain campaign robocall today.
More Bad News for McCain in Arizona
Yet another new poll shows the race in Sen. John McCain’s home state of Arizona tightening — and this time, it’s within the margin of error.
Following two other polls released this week that showed McCain’s lead over Sen. Barack Obama shrinking drastically, a survey conducted by Arizona State University’s Cronkite School of Journalism and KAET-TV [...]
Poll: McCain Slipping in Arizona
It’s not considered a swing state, but Sen. John McCain’s home state of Arizona may open a window into the state of the national race. Another poll released over the weekend here shows McCain’s lead has shrunk by 10 percentage points in the past month.
According to the survey — conducted by Myers Research and Grove [...]
Democrats Suggest Foul Play in Arizona House Race
Here’s a strange saga, even for a campaign year.
It seems that over the weekend officials with the Arizona Democratic Party discovered a credit card belonging to the campaign of Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) beneath a desk in their Tempe office. The find led Democratic officials to press, quite reasonably, for an explanation as to how [...]
