Sheriff Joe Arpaio Wins Our Vote for Most Honest Comment of Primary Night

In the stop-the-presses department comes the following comment made during last night’s primary election coverage.   was attributed to our own local Pinocchio, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, in regards the decisive victory of Bill Montgomery over interim Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley. “That’s going to make my job very easy,” Arpaio said…

Five Lamest Campaign Ads of Arizona’s 2010 Primary

Campaign ads are horrible. Nobody wants to have their living room invaded by local politicos who want nothing more than to talk about how great they are — or how much the other guy sucks.We would argue that all political ads are awful but this primary season has been exceptional…

Morning Poll: Which Primary Race Was the Ugliest?

Primary day is finally upon us, folks, and we’re a little bummed out. The daily bickering between candidates and the cruel-but-entertaining political attacks will be coming to an end.We’ve been blessed with some fairly ugly campaigns this primary season, which have only been made better by the fact that those…

Five Reasons to Vote for John McCain for U.S. Senate

In order to give candidates equal time following our earlier post, Five Reasons to Vote for J.D. Hayworth for Senate, we thought we’d share a few things about John McCain that may be helpful to know when you go to the polls tomorrow.In our Hayworth post, we said we wouldn’t…

Dick Armey Rips J.D. Hayworth on CNBC This Morning

With all the fun taking place in the District 3 Congressional primary, and because his campaign’s pretty much been dead-in-the-water since news of his infomercial stardom made headlines, former Congressman J.D. Hayworth’s futile attempt to become Arizona’s next senator has been pushed to the back burner in terms of things…

Morning Poll: Has Jan Brewer Let the Prison System “Fall Apart?”

For the second time in just over two weeks an Arizona prison inmate has escaped from custody.Inmate Jefferey Douglas walked away from a prison work crew near Tucson yesterday afternoon and hasn’t been seen since.Meanwhile, federal authorities are combing the American northwest looking for Casslyn Welch and her fiancee/ cousin,…