Arizona Politics for Conservatives: Sonoran Alliance
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The Tucson March for Life was very well attended. This year the Protestant faith community joined with Southern Arizona Catholics for a strong showing in support of each person’s right to be born and to live.
There was excellent participation by all age groups.
The Maricopa County Republican Party met today and elected Tom Husband as the new chairman of the county party. Congratulations Mr. Husband!
The county also gave an indication of who the party faithful is supporting as the Republican nominee. Here are the results out of 721 ballots cast:
Overall Votes (662 Votes):
#1 – Mitt Romney – 28.4% (188)
#2 – Fred Thomson – 18.3% (121)
#3 – Ron Paul – 17.4% (115)
#4 – Duncan Hunter – 14.0% (93)
#5 – John McCain – 12.1% (80)
#6 – Rudy Giuliani – 5.0% (33)
#7 – Mike Huckabee – 4.8% (32)
Most Acceptable (1781 Votes):
#1 – Fred Thompson – 20.8% (370)
#2 – Duncan Hunter – 20.1% (358)
#3 – Mitt Romney – 20.0% (356)
#4 – Rudy Giuliani – 13.2% (235)
#5 – Mike Huckabee – 11.6% (207)
#6 – John McCain – 7.6% (135)
#7 – Ron Paul – 6.7% (120)
Most Unacceptable (1949 votes):
#1 – John McCain – 21.9% (427)
#2 – Ron Paul – 20.3% (396)
#3 – Rudy Giuliani – 18.3% (357)
#4 – Mike Huckabee - 17.4% (340)
#5 – Duncan Hunter – 8.0% (156)
#6 – Fred Thompson – 7.8% (152)
#7 – Mitt Romney – 6.2% (121 )
Additional results on issues will follow shortly. Also visit Seeing Red Arizona for more coverage on today’s meeting.
With 98% of the precincts reporting it looks like Ron Paul came in second in Nevada, just ahead of his favorite debate partner, John McCain. That is a great headline – Ron Paul beats John McCain. Romney did exceptionally well at over 50%.
Also: ABC News is posting early numbers for SC.
Why offer solutions to the state’s budget mess when you can offer gimmicks.
The proposal [statewide deployment of photo radar], submitted to the Legislature late Friday, anticipates $120 million in revenue the first year, including $90 million in net income after expenses from the statewide effort. Even bigger dollar amounts are expected in future years.
…”It wasn’t designated primarily for revenue generation but since we have it (and) it works, we want to move statewide,” Napolitano said. “We made that decision before the whole budget issue arose. Now we take advantage of it and use it for law enforcement highway safety purposes.”
Law enforcement should be used to enforce the law, not raise revenue. This is eerily reminscent of the feudal times when kings used the sheriff to collect taxes (think Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham).
