Arizona: Rick Renzi

by David Safier
Tedski over at R-Cubed gave himself some well deserved credit for being right about the federal investigation into Rick Renzi's wrong doings back in 2006. The Bush administration was scrambling to keep the investigation quiet, at least until after the election, and the Republic bit on the White House spin.

If the left side of the blogosphere were a hit and miss place that sees its job as carrying the Democratic Party's water, I wouldn't pay any attention to it any more than the traditional media seems to. But as a regular, intense reader of some of the best national blogs that come from the left, I know that they're very careful about getting it right and scrupulous about admitting quickly when they got it wrong, which isn't often.

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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I only say that because Tedski first posted on this over at Rum, Romanism and Rebellion. So because our blog is geared for the conservative reader and the “experimenting” independent, I thought I’d also post the ratings for our Congressional delegation as just released by The National Journal.

Here are snapshots of the Arizona ratings with the exception of Senator John McCain and Rick Renzi:

Composite (from most liberal to most conservative):

Senator Jon Kyl ranked at 93.2 C

On Economic Issues:

Senator Jon Kyl ranked at 96.0 C

On Social Issues:

Senator Jon Kyl ranked at 79.0 C

On Foreign Issues:

Senator Jon Kyl rated at 84.0 C

Surprises?

After two days of pre-trial hearings in the federal case against U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi (R-Flagstaff), the presiding judge, U.S. Magistrate Bernardo Velasco, may issue his recommendations to trial judge David Bury before the start of the weekend.