Campaign workers for Jim Pederson, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, say state Republican Party workers are engaging in “bush league” tactics to undermine Pederson’s campaign.

Campaign workers for Jim Pederson, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, say state Republican Party workers are engaging in “bush league” tactics to undermine Pederson’s campaign.

Unfortunately, it didn’t take long for Democrats in Washington to return to “business as usual.” Obama, Reid and Pelosi are once again pursing their original liberal-sponsored agenda (i.e., abortion on demand; Dream Act; repeal of Don’t ask, Don’t tell, etc.). So much for focusing on policies that would encourage job creation, fixing the economy, stopping foreclosures, stopping tax increases and stopping more spending. Instead it has come down to whom will blink first.

Arizona has spoken. The Republicans will decide our future for the next 2-4 years. As an active Democrat, I am afraid.

I mistakenly turned on Fox News a couple of days ago long enough to hear one of their nattering nabobs of negativism boldly predict that the current 9.7 percent national unemployment rate would be the undoing of the Democratic majority in Congress this fall.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Evan Bayh, a centrist Democrat from Indiana, announced Monday that he won't seek a third term in Congress, giving Republicans a chance to pick up a Senate seat.

Le Templar: The biggest news from the Capitol could be the pending retirement of a veteran lawmaker that has encouraged an even better known Tempe politician to switch parties and prepare for a legislative race next year. 

The U.S. health care system is in need of genuine reform, but the medicine being prescribed by Congress needs a clear label, “This plan is hazardous to your health and your finances.”

Dorcas R. Hardy and Bart Fleming: The U.S. healthcare system is in need of genuine reform, but the plan prescribed by Congress needs a label, "This plan is hazardous to your health and your finances."

Unable to get the votes from her own party, Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday she's willing to accept demands by Democrats to let the state property tax return in exchange for their votes to put her sales tax hike on the ballot.

Mike Reagan: Sen. Arlen Specter hasn’t really switched parties; he’s simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election. And he cannot win the Republican primary because he has become a tax and spender — characteristics Republicans have tired of. 

Playing with a lead suited the District 17 Democrats.

Phoenix residents and Democratic National Convention delegates Howard and Lisa Bell have spotted a number of political VIPs while in Denver. The most surprising, though, came during a bus ride earlier today.