Arizona: Ed Pastor

Thank you, Rep. Grijalva for opposing a war funding bill with no commitment to withdrawal.

Raul Grijalva was the only Democratic U.S. Representative from Arizona to vote "No" on the War Supplemental which contains no timeline for withdrawal.  Now I expected a "Yes" vote from Blue Dog Giffords and Blue Dog wannabe Mitchell, but what's up with Ed Pastor?  

Bizarrely, many Repubs, including Franks and Shadegg, opposed the War Supplemental because it contains funding for the IMF to bail out Eastern European banks. Hmmn, didn't these guys call Democrats who voted against any war funding when Shrub was President "Defeatocrats" and worse?  Just sayin'.

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.

The eight members of the Arizona delegation to the U.S. House - split evenly between Democrats and Republicans - spoke with one voice Monday in opposing the bailout bill before Congress, which was defeated on a vote of 205-228.

Unity is a rare occurence when it comes to the votes of House members from Arizona, but on Monday, the fiscally conservative streak that runs throughout the whole of Arizona politics was evident, as all eight members voted down the bill.

Susan Bitter Smith, U.S. House candidate in AZ-5, has worked to set up meetings between telecommunications executives and three Democratic Arizona members of the U.S. House, while campaigning to replace one of them.