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By Dan Roth on January 31, 2013, 2:43pm
Republican legislators in the Grand Canyon State have just started the legislative session, but already they are having problems holding back their extreme ideas and policy positions. As detailed by The Huffington Post "proposals described by one top Republican as 'esoteric' and criticized by Democrats as unconstitutional have dominated the headlines – despite promises from GOP leaders to focus on top-tier issues such as balancing the state budget and improving education."
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By Dan Roth on January 26, 2013, 3:37pm
The Associated Press looks at how western states like California and Colorado--once dominated by Republicans--are now moving into the Democratic column. "From Washington state — where voters in November legalized marijuana and upheld the legality of gay marriage — to New Mexico, once a hotly contested swing state that Republicans ceded to Democrats in the presidential campaign, the West has become largely Democratic terrain."
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By Nathan Thomas on January 25, 2013, 2:20pm
An Arizona-based think tank has published the results of a new study indicating that the state's Republican-controlled legislature - which spent last session declaring that pregnancy begins two weeks before conception, launching redistricting coups, and trying to make it legal to fire employees who use birth control - is "out of touch."
This shocking (to Republicans) discovery, according to local CBS affiliate KPHO, reveals that "the issues most important to Arizonans are education, job creation and the environment," yet "only 10 percent of Arizonans believe that elected officials represent their interests."
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By Dan Roth on May 16, 2012, 12:41pm
I think the late Republican Arizona Senator and conservative standard-bearer Barry Boldwater is probably beating his head against his casket.
