Democratic Diva

I’m about 65% when it comes to predicting local races.  Which means that I’m essentially going on conventional wisdom and the registration breakdown of the district.  Beyond that I’m throwing darts on a board, with the slight wind of the insider knowledge in my repertoire to help me predict outcomes at my back.   Every race has it’s own idiosyncracies, and [...]

Donna and I will both be live blogging as part of 12 News/azcentral.com election coverage Tuesday night. Check us out on TV or online.

For criminy’s sake, can we please put an end to this idiotic urban legend once and for all?  The heralded “Bradley effect” will not be a factor in this election and I am doubtful that it ever existed at all. People who were involved in the Bradley/Deukmejian race attribute Bradley’s loss to a concerted effort [...]

Tedski is reporting on robocalls being done here in AZ by our hometown hero: I’m calling for John McCain and the RNC because Barack Obama is so dangerously inexperienced, his running mate Joe Biden just said, he invites a major international crisis that he will be unprepared to handle alone. If Democrats win full control [...]

Two major newspapers from the home states of candidates on the top of the national tickets have weighed in on the race.   The Anchorage Daily News chose to do a sober evaluation of both Presidential candidates.  Their editorial board took a deep breath and told the truth, despite the fact that it’s Alaska Governor Sarah Palin [...]

They become right wing blogger idiots, obviously.  In case you hadn’t caught the tale, a College Republican named Ashley Todd claimed that she was assualted by a 6’4” 200 lb. black male.   She alleged the event occured after she withdrew $60 from an ATM in the “wrong” part of Pittsburgh, as she Twittered to her friends.  She said [...]

But for this he deserves our everlasting respect:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdBt4f2GUDY