AZ-03: Conservatives mobilize to save their "icon" Shadegg
You want to break the conservative movement, you take out its leaders.House and Senate Republicans are rushing to the aid of U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Phoenix), the seven-term congressman who finds...
View ArticleLord raises nearly 3 times more than Shadegg in latest
A new FEC report shows that Bob Lord for Congress blew past John Shadegg in fundraising, with nearly three times more than the Republican incumbent, showing just another sign of taking over the lead in...
View ArticleGOP leadership, special interests try to rescue Shadegg
John Shadegg reported receiving nearly $57,000 in 48 hours from GOP leadership and other special interest political action committees in an Oct. 18 FEC filing.From my campaign manager, Andrew...
View ArticleAZ-03: Where to start?
John Shadegg is a very reliable mouthpiece for the Palin-Bachmann wing of the Republican party, you know, the "liberals are anti-American" wing.He's also a just a tiny bit on the unethical side of...
View ArticleTop Ten Thugs To Topple
Since Kossacks come from all over the country, nay, all over the world, many of us have our own favorite Republican scumbag candidate that we would like to see fall off the political cliff on November...
View ArticleAZ-03 More On (And I Mean "Moron") Shadegg's Credit Card
(This orginally appeared on my blog, Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.)Back when I worked in Sam Coppersmith's campaign, we sent a volunteer to scope out Jon Kyl's headquarters opening. A few hours later,...
View ArticleUPDATE on Shadegg SCANDAL!!
It was first discussed on dailykos yesterday in the diary AZ-03 Where to start that someone in the Arizona Democrats office in Tempe found something quite unusual under a desk: a credit card in the...
View ArticleGOP leadership and special interests continue Shadegg rescue mission
John Shadegg received more than $52,500 in 48 hours from GOP leadership and other special interest political action committees in his most recent Oct. 21 FEC report.This is the second 48-hour filing of...
View ArticleAZ-3: Shadegg 'out of touch,' former supporters say in new Lord ad
A new Bob Lord for Congress campaign ad began airing Thursday night, featuring former John Shadegg voters who came forward to talk about their out-of-touch Congressman.In the ad, former Shadegg...
View ArticleAZ-03: Shadegg's Weird Week
This one is just kind of weird. On the heels of the great credit card caper, a Shadegg campaign staffer's ham-handed and goofy attempt at political espionage, Shadegg has decided to tell the world that...
View ArticleAZ-03: Lord (D) loses some ground
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 10/20-22. Likely voters. MoE 5% (10/6-8 results)Shadegg (R) 50 (48) Lord (D) 40 (39) Shadegg has reached the magical 50 percent mark, which means victory unless Lord can...
View ArticleAZ-03: Endgame
I've been obsessed with this race for two reasons: 1) John Shadegg is the GOP's topmost conservative in the House, the guy conservative bloggers and publications endorsed for House Minority leader last...
View ArticleAuto dealers in trouble, Shadegg votes against unemployment benefits
As more Valley car dealerships buckle under the nation's economic crisis, John Shadegg votes against much-needed unemployment benefits during a time of mass layoffs.This month, Shadegg was one of only...
View ArticleBob Lord announces massive Get Out the Vote effort
I will join 700 volunteers as they hit the streets and jump on phones this weekend in a final get out the vote effort to support my campaign to change Congress and I'm asking you join us!From my...
View ArticleAZ-3 Bob Lord LIVEBLOG
Hi, folks.It's lunchtime and I thought I'd stop by and say hello, then stay around for a few minutes to chat. We are kicking off a huge GOTV effort for the next five days, and the energy on the ground...
View ArticleAZ-03: The wingnutty Arizona Republic
Last night, we saw that the Arizona Republican had been taken over by wingnut bloggers.There is little doubt that Democrats generally will do well Tuesday. And, if District 3 voters are dissatisfied...
View ArticleLOL! Kos called "out-of-state political barbarian"
The Arizona Republic editorial board reads Daily Kos, apparently. Today their secondary editorial is "Thwart Far Left." They urge their readers toRe-elect John Shadegg and give an out-of-state...
View ArticleTX-22: The 2008 Wave Began Here in 2006
When Rep. Nick Lampson captured the feral and despicable Tom DeLay’s 11-term seat in the salt marshes southwest of Houston in 2006, many said it was an aberration. The Democratic "brand" (in both the...
View ArticleOMG. Pathetic McCain "Rally" in Phoenix Today
Arizona is in play for Barack Obama as shown by many of the recent polls. Team McCain does not know how to handle this. It's pathetic that McCain will be having a campaign rally in Arizona, in the...
View ArticleIf Arizona is close, it'll take days to call
This sucks.Reed said 827,380 Maricopa County residents had requested absentee ballots or had voted early as of 2 p.m. Friday. The county has seen 566,656, or 68.4 percent, of those ballots returned....
View ArticleBob Lord Get Out the Vote happening now
More than 700 volunteers and I are encouraging people to get out the vote this weekend and support my campaign to change Congress and I'm asking you join us!From my campaign manager, Andrew...
View ArticleBachmann, Shadegg, and their kind
This will be a very short diary. I only want to make one hopeful point in light of seeing some of the worst GOP Members of Congress keep their seats.That's this: for every house seat the Democrats...
View ArticleHanging With Hannity and Shilling for Big Oil
Cross posted at http://boblordaz.blogspot.comRecovering from an unsuccessful campaign isn't immediate. It takes a while. I thought I'd made the transition back into everyday life as well or better than...
View ArticleAnarchy!
This is anarchy! Over the course of the past few days, we've had two, count 'em, two Republican officials dare to suggest that Rush Limbaugh is not their conservative overlord.First, from John Shadegg...
View ArticleNight Owls, Early Birds and Expats Open Thread
They're not running out of hyperbole yet. Here's Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona:You know, it occurs to me, and I’ll go through these other scandals very quickly, but what we’re really getting here is...
View ArticleFour House Republicans Have In Their Hands a List ...
Okay, they really don't have a list, but what the hell, it's not stopping them from calling for an investigation into a plot by:... a Muslim advocacy group of trying to plant spies on Capitol Hill....
View ArticleApparently The Smoking Gun Won't Be In the Form Of An Intern
First, the good news:Four Republican lawmakers have not submitted a request to the House sergeant at arms to investigate a threat that one of the four described as a terrorist-linked group possibly...
View ArticleNovember: The Month Of 132 Phone Calls
In a sick and macabre sort of way, it sucks that there isn't a real list. A real assortment of uninsured Arizonans that I can work from as I start this one-woman "phone bank" or become a sort of...
View ArticleInto the mouths of babes ...
Another stellar Republican moment: John Shadegg (R-Upchuck, AZ) grabs a baby as a prop and inserts free-market pablum ventriloquism into the already infantile Republican health care arguments ("Maddy...
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Countdown with Keith Olbermann - Nov. 9, 2009
Unless you all were under a rock or on some other planet outside of the Milky Way galaxy this past weekend, you know that health care reform legislation passed in the US House of Representatives....
View ArticleJohn Shadegg to Mike Bloomberg: If 9/11 trials held in NYC, terrorists will...
After what will forever be known as "The Baby Incident" during the HCR debate, one should never doubt Rep. John Shadegg's skill for jaw-dropping theatrics. But one might wonder if he could top that show.
View ArticleGutless, Ball-Less Wonder-Chickens
Yep. Some people just live in terror. What the fuck is wrong with Shadegg? He's hardly the only one who has acted as though this trial is going to kill American civilians.
View ArticleCapital Hill News/open thread
Good afternoon, Daily Kos readers. This is your afternoon open thread to discuss all things Hill-related. Use this thread to praise or bash Congresscritters, share a juicy tip, ask questions, or post...
View ArticleThe conservatives' war on being politically correct.
Being politically correct is accurately defined as follows:Political correctness (adjectivally, politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term denoting language, ideas, policies,...
View ArticleRepublican Shadegg Leads on Populist Issue: ERISA Reform
...only, unfortunately, no one is following him. This really ought to be high on the Progressive agenda because of the number of people this issue impacts. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of...
View ArticleDemocrats: you've been warned
Yesterday I spoke with Republican Rep. John Shadegg. Today, he announced his retirement. I've got to try that trick more often!Anyway, Shadegg is not one of the dumb ones and notwithstanding his...
View ArticleCapitol Hill News Open Thread
Good afternoon, Daily Kos readers. This is your afternoon open thread to discuss all things Hill-related. Use this thread to praise or bash Congresscritters, share a juicy tip, ask questions, offer...
View ArticleRepublicans Dropping Like Flies: Shadegg Retiring
John Shadegg (R-AZ) is retiring his seat in Congress, bringing the total of retiring Republicans to 14. Will the media dutifully note that Republicans are dropping like flies, or will they stick to the...
View ArticleHuh?
OK, I'm not usually big on a. response diaries or b. short diaries, but something is amiss here.I'm speaking of this rec listed diary.Premise of said diary is that Rep. John Shadegg, conservative...
View ArticleWhy the Public Option won't spur competition
I was appalled watching Morning Joe this morning to hear John Shadegg (R-AZ) claim that the Public Option would not spur competition in health care insurance because most people get their insurance...
View ArticleWhy I am running for Congress
My name is Jon Hulburd and I am running for Congress in Arizona's third district, the seat left vacant by John Shadegg and the seat that Bob Lord ran for in 2008. As our campaign builds momentum, the...
View ArticleWho Knew??? Republicans Now Support Single Payer!
(From TWD)The line "You just can't make this up about these ignoramuses" just cannot be uttered enough.Minutes after Kucinich's speech, David Shuster interviewed BabyProp user and intelligence...
View ArticleOn Deficits, Republicans Can't Hide Their Ryan Eyes
The two weeks have not been kind to the ersatz deficit hawks of the Republican Party. First, the preposterous claims of John Boehner, Mitch McConnell and the legion of new Republican alchemists that...
View ArticleJohn Shadegg on Morning Joke MSN
Two days in a row, I tuned in. That qualifies me for a stay at the local mental health facility. Morning Joe had John Shadegg, retiring congressman from Arizona on, discussing the new kids in the...
View ArticleThe unemployed will SAVE money if we "give" it to them? HUH???!
Cross-posted at Eclectablog.com.Rep. John Shaddeg of (surprise, surprise) Arizona thinks that extending unemployment benefits will basically take money OUT of the economy because unemployed people will...
View ArticleName One Thing Shadegg Did
In 1994, if you worked for a government agency or community organization in education, health care, arts and culture, natural resource protection, women's issues, social services, or almost any other...
View Article(NPR) Shadegg making excuses for hate speakers
Please listen to this segment from this evening's "All Things Consdered" on NPR.http://public.npr.org/...NPR's Robert Siegel interviews former US House member John Shadegg of Arizona. Shadegg denies...
View ArticleOur Chance to Retire Shadegg (AZ03) For Good
When I first saw the clip of John Shadegg's recent cringe inducing "baby Maddy" stunt on the final day of the House health care debate, I had two thoughts. The first was "how did I lose to that...
View ArticleMorning Digest: GOP Sen. Jeff Flake's surprise retirement sparks scramble for...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Democrats regain total control of Washington's state...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James...
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