Hugh Hallman takes a “Wiz” on Pullen and Arizona GOP

scarecrow.jpg  What do you do if you are a Republican Mayor, running for re-election, while keeping your eye on the Republican nomination for Attorney General in 2010?  Well, if you are Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman, you inexplicably go on the attack!  According to the Yellow Sheet, while at yesterday’s Arizona Chamber annual meeting and awards luncheon, Hallman “drew some subdued groans…with less than flattering remarks about Pullen. We’re paraphrasing here, but Hallman said Pullen has brought Republicans and Democrats together—through a common enemy, the Republican Party.”

Nor was Hallman done with his outburst as he then broke into song, dedicating “An Ode to Immigration,” a takeoff on “If I Only Had a Brain” from The Wizard of Oz.  The final line to Arizona State GOP Chairman Randy Pullen?  “If you only had a brain.”

No word yet on whether Hallman will be relying on the “tainted cough syrup”, “elevated blood sugar” or “temporary insanity” defense.

In Arizona, Bloomberg Would Have Stayed

Interesting post at AZ Political Intel on how Bloomberg wouldn’t have left the Republican Party had he been in Arizona – because Arizona Republicans still stand for Republican values, unlike what’s happened to Republicans in Washington D.C.