Arizona: Ann Kirkpatrick

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Who has endorsed President Obama's effort to reform health care insurance? Doctor associations, including the AMA (a surprising first), nurses associations, several business organizations and large employers (including Wal-Mart), and yes, even insurance-related organizations like AARP.

Who stands opposed to health care insurance reform? The health insurance monopolies (American Medical Association confirms health monopoly fears) who are getting fabulously wealthy off the broken system of health care insurance they designed. That's the benefit of monopolistic control. They are the middle-men, the paper pushers, the arbiters of whether you even qualify for health care insurance (pre-existing condition exclusions), the choice of doctors you are permitted to see (the provider must be a member of their preferred provider group), what procedures or treatments your doctor is permitted to provide you (including preventive health care and end of life care), and when your medical care becomes too expensive (an arbitrary lifetime maximum benefit), terminate your policy to protect their bottom-line profitability.

Taking a page from Barack Obama, John McCain and other pols who have used social media to broadcast their intentions, state Rep. Bill Konopnicki, R-Cyberspace, tells us via Twitter that he is thinking of giving U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick a run for her congressional seat next year.
Konopnicki toyed with the idea of a congressional run last year, when the seat held by Rick Renzi was up for grabs. Ultimately, he decided against it, citing the amount of money needed to run in the sprawling first congressional district and the apparent short supply of support from the GOP.
Kirkpatrick, a Democrat, went ...

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Arizona's top elected Republicans will be in short supply when President Barack Obama outlines his plans Wednesday in Mesa to fix the nation's housing crisis.

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The state's two senators - Republicans John McCain and Jon Kyl - both plan to miss the event at Dobson High School. They say they were neither invited nor informed of the president's visit to their home turf in time to alter their plans and show up for the speech.

Republican Gov. Jan Brewer greeted the president when he arrived Tuesday afternoon at Sky Harbor International Airport, and plans to attend the speech in Mesa, said spokesman Paul Senseman.

Former state Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick declared victory in her bid for the 1st Congressional District seat Tuesday night, as returns showed her with a substantial lead over Republican opponent Sydney Hay.