Arizona: Democratic National Committee

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

I recently attended one of the Organizing for America (formerly known as Obama for America) "salons," or "discussions" on health care. With all due respect to OfA, I was most unimpressed and disappointed. I thought that maybe it was just the salon I attended, so I asked around and spoke with several others who attended salons at other locations around the state and they expressed the same sentiments. They were disappointed with the structure and content, and lack of any call to action around a specific health care reform plan.

Several were of the opinion that the purpose of the salons appeared to be just to add their name, address and e-mail address to the mailing list of Organizing for America.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Thursday was the day the big bad GOP was supposed to show up the White House by finally announcing its own economic agenda, "The Republican Road to Recovery." It was promoted heavily by Faux News and cable outlets and by conservative blogs like Politico. So what happened? The GOP failed to deliver as promised.

Here's how Mark Nickolas at politicalblog.com described it:

This afternoon, GOP House leadership called a press conference to roll-out their alternative budget. The cable news greatly hyped the event in advance. But like so much of the Republican rhetoric we get these days, it's nothing but hot air.

DENVER -- Sarah Rosen, the former communications director of the Arizona Democratic Party who was killed in a car accident in 2005, was honored at the breakfast of Arizona's Democratic National Convention delegation Tuesday morning.

Her father, Sam Rosen, once came close to breaking down as he spoke about his daughter to the delegates, and made a pitch for the fund that was started in her name.

U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Phoenix) is opening the Southwest Regional Headquarters for his presidential bid in Phoenix on Friday, according to Politico Mafioso. U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Phoenix), who chairs McCain's Arizona campaign, will be appearing to commence the celebration. A celebration of that sort is a long way off for U.S. Sen.