Len Munsil went on the attack with a mailer proclaiming that Goldwater is “the wrong man for the job.” If I read it correctly Don is a napkin arranger who disagrees with the president about illegal immigration, is now pro-life, and was ahead in the most recent poll because he has awesome name ID. Devastating.

I have been very disappointed in the lack of public polling in this race. Len’s piece tells me it is still a tight race. 

Don Goldwater was probably glad to just get his name out there after leaning that his clean election check might be delayed for another week or two. Ouch. 

On the other hand Don is probably ordering flowers for Robert Robb right now. Robb termed Don’s agenda “the most comprehensive and specific … thus far.” 

On a side note, Huffman is featured again with his trusty flashlight. Scroll to the bottom of the article for the photo caption “Huffman posing with a flashlight.”

     The Arizona Conservative has posted their endorsements for the upcoming primary election. The list is a who’s who among conservatives in Arizona starting with Jon Kyl at the top. It is no surprise to see the Honorable Trent Franks joined by most of the Arizona congressional delegation. Absent is Jeff Flake. The Arizona Conservative is clearly not just some group that fronts for the Republican Party. They have standards and if you don’t make the cut you are not on the list.

     For the open congressional seat in district 8 they went with the tested and proven Randy Graf. Despite claiming to be a conservative, Steve Huffman is notably absent. Sorry Steve, the falsehoods and deceptions on your campaign literature did not fool those who know. 

     I hope Huffman does not try to claim that a list with U.S. Senator Jon Kyl, U.S. Representative John Shadegg, State Senator Tim Bee, and State Representative Dean Martin on it represents the extreme. It is a testament to his judgment and abilities to see Randy Graf included among the rest of these fine public servants.

      When Steve Huffman gets up in the morning and walks out his front door to go, well wherever Stevie goes, this is what he sees. There are no other signs on his street except those pictured here and a lone Huffman sign in his own yard.

      The Southern Arizona Blog for Arizona wonders what Steve was doing out in the desert at night kneeling on the ground. The ad was ineffective from the beginning but at this point Jim Click must be screaming to get back his money.

     Huffman’s latest hit-piece mailer on Graf claims Randy dishonored the Commander and Chief.* I have never heard of that office so I can only assume that Stevie was thinking of Master and Commander. I am shocked. How dare Graf hang a picture of Russell Crowe upside down.

*Article 2, Section 2 of The Constitution of the United States does say, “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy.” You would think that someone who served 4 years in the Naval Reserves would be familiar with the Constitution. You would think …

     Rasmussen has Kyl in their most solid GOP column. Even if Pederson spends a lot more from here to November his message will be drowned out by the Congressional, Legislative, and Governor’s race.

        Someone close to Jim should send him a message. It’s over.

Here’s the link to the story about someone trying to flush Rosati in the senate race in district 8. Of course, the Allen campaign has an alibi this week so it couldn’t have happened at a better time for them.

When you attaqck your opponent with the truth of their voting record, its bound to hit a nerve and that’s exactly what happened here.

THis also brings back memories of the 2004 Presidential Election when knuckleheads were destroying Bush 2004 signs on a frequent basis.

     Sonoran Alliance was quick to report on the attack ad launched by Huffman in the CD 8 race. It did not take much longer for Dan Nowicki at the Arizona Republic to pick up the story.

     We are not big fans of Huffman so it is no surprise that we were not impressed. Reading Dan’s comments gives me the impression that he is not very impressed either. Besides the hit-piece ad Dan also cover’s Steve’s now famous flashlight commercial with comments like “actually pretty funny” and “Hope he doesn’t get his nice jeans dirty!”

     Attack ads can be like shooting a grizzly bear with a 22. Causing a distraction is not the point of firing. When people start making jokes about your ad you might as well have left your gun in the holster.

     Looks like Ned Lamont’s victory may be a hollow one. He won the Connecticut Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate but is now way behind in the polls for the general election.

     Joe Lieberman is not a conservative so it’s not that we at Sonoran Alliance are pulling for him. It’s just that the race is instructive for our own U.S. Senate seat in Arizona.

     Here are the comparisons. Supporting Bush and the war in not necessarily a kiss of death. Just because some millionaire spends a nice chunk of his fortune does not mean that he will win. There is not a huge anti-incumbent tide sweeping the nation.

     I still don’t know why Steve Huffman sponsored a Democratic bill to rearrange Arizona tax law and siphon off money for downtown Tucson.

     Part of the ill-fated Rio Nuevo is a $350,000,000 bridge to nowhere. The Tucson Citizen has an excellent article highlighting the response of the neighborhoods affected.  

Here are some quotes.  

“We are not interested”

“It will be a hell of an eyesore”

“sort of thing that a provincial city tries”

“something that is silly”    

     There was talk of submitting Rio Nuevo to a public vote. I now understand why career politicians like Huffman did not want to go that route.

MAJOR MEDIA ADVISORY – STEVE HUFFMAN IS NOT CONSERVATIVE!!!

Yes, I know it looks a little too official but someone has to get the truth out about Steve Huffman. Hopefully, the search engines will pick the headline up on this post so all the world will know that Steve Huffman is lying about being a conservative.

Of course I’m talking about the new ad that the Huffman campaign is running as it tries to convince the voters that Steve really is conservative – NOT!

Here are the facts:
1) Steve Huffman has voted against the taxpayer
2) Steve Huffman has voted against Second Amendment rights
3) Steve Huffman has voted against the right to life
4) Steve Huffman has voted against policies strengthening the family institution.

Yes, this guy is NO conservative and questionably a Republican. If you really want to know where Steve Huffman stands all you have to do is see what conservative groups are saying about him. You can also see that Huffman has failed to respond to Vote Smart, the national non-partisan voter education organization. If you visit Huffman’s website, you’ll see that his positions are not in line with the Republican Party

Sorry Steve, your recent ad to portray yourself as a conservative Republican won’t fool all the voters.

      Greg Patterson of Espresso Pundit has been doing a great job of exposing the misleading signs in the current election. Greg even touched on another area of misrepresentation. Phantom endorsements.

     Another practitioner of the fictitious endorsement is Pete Hershberger in legislative district 26.

     The endorsement section of Pete’s web page lists the Arizona Chamber of Commerce. According to a press release posted on the chamber’s web page Lisa Lovallo and Carol Somers got the chamber endorsement this year. 

     Hershberger claims the Southern Arizona Home Builders Association is behind him. The same endorsement from SAHBA also ends up of Carol’s and Lisa’s pages. 

     Pete also lists the Tucson Citizen as endorsing him. Checking their web page only reveals a “Check back later” message. 

     Carol and Lisa were both endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business. Pete does not try to claim that title. 

     Pete has received some recent news and endorsements. The Arizona Federation of Taxpayers just gave Hershberger a score of 38%, earning him the distinction of being a “Friend of Big Government.” Helps explains what happened above with the NFIB. Too bad for Pete it is not 2005. That year he got a much better 50% from the Arizona Federation of Taxpayers. 

     Another recent endorsement is clearly available on the web yet it is nowhere on Pete’s site. Pete received support from the Arizona Human Rights Fund, self-described as a group “that advocates exclusively for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues.” The endorsement can be seen by clicking here. 

     Sounds like Pete has a little explaining to do. 

     This is a funny year in politics. Every one of the Republican candidates has discovered the border issue. Another favorite on the GOP side is the “lower taxes” mantra.

     Looks like some people are lying about more than phantom endorsements. The Arizona Federation of Taxpayers has just released their ratings for the 2006 legislature. Click here to view the scores. May the truth win! 

     Steve Huffman went negative today. He is running a hit-piece TV ad against Randy Graf that distorts a few things from Graf’s past. Huffman must have received the polling numbers showing that he cannot win on the issues so he went negative. The amazing part is that Steve is calls himself a conservative. Please, Huffman is a moderate at best. He certainly was not a conservative during his 8-year reign in the legislature with Toni Hellon and Pete Hershberger by his side.

     Steve has clearly violated Ronald Reagan’s 11th commandment. 

     LET ME BE VERY CLEAR. Steve Huffman should withdraw his hit-piece ad immediately or Huffman will guarantee his loss in November if he manages to win the primary.