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Arizona: Tom Davis

November 4, 2009 - 11:32 am
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

Epic Teabagger fail in NY-23

By AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

How do you take the textbook definition of a "safe" Republican district (a Democrat has not represented the region since 1854), a no-brainer that the Republican will win by default against token Democratic opposition, and lose the seat for the first time in 155 years? By caving in to pressure from the far-right extremist fringe Teabagger Taliban and the Mighty Wurlitzer of right-wing conservative "entertainment" personalities.

Blue Dog Democrat Bill Owens, the token opposition, won a stunning victory in the special congressional election in New York's 23rd congressional district only because the GOP Taliban and the conservative "entertainment" personalities declared civil war against GOP moderates and the GOP establishment, demanding ideological purity to conservativism - as they have defined it.

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April 30, 2009 - 06:08 pm
NEWS FEED: Blog for Arizona

GOP Launches Second Rebranding In a Year

By AZ BlueMeanie

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

One of my favorite bloggers, Jon Perr at crooksandliars.com, reports today on the National Council for A New America GOP Launches Second Rebranding in a Year

[T]he GOP is launching a national rebranding effort. As part of its National Council for a New America, the Party of No will host public forums around the country for its rag-tag band of tea-bagging faithful and anyone who else wants to attend. As it turns out, this is the Republicans' second attempt at reinvention in 12 months.

A year ago, former Virginia Rep. Tom Davis warned that "the Republican brand is in the trash can," adding, "if we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf.

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Mon, 09/15/2008 - 10:08

Flake, Shadegg have not contributed to House ‘Battleground’ fund

By Alex Isenstadt, Politicker.com Reporter

WASHINGTON -- Two high-profile Arizona congressmen are amongst those Republican Conference members who have yet to pay dues to the cash-strapped National Republican Congressional Committee’s fall “Battleground” fundraising program, which is aiming to raise $12 million from Republicans in the House.

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Fri, 05/16/2008 - 19:38

2 views on Davis' memo on GOP weaknesses

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Arizona only rates a few mentions in the long analysis U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) penned regarding the Republican Party's current woes, a memo designed to address the rampant anxiety prevailing among GOP incumbents and candidates this cycle. Yet both of Arizona's political parties see a direct correlation between what Davis addressed on the national level and what is happening on the ground in Arizona's congressional races.

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