The Burrow

Jeff Flake  ‏ @ JeffFlake     19h 19 hours ago More Lest there be any doubt about how I'm voting on @BetsyDeVos she had me at "school choice" years ago... I can't get past the Lest. Only a person who received a quality education would start a Tweet with a word that Webster defines as formal. Jeff Flake, my junior Senator, is up for reelection in 2018.  Voters are watching.  We've been calling and emailing and sending postcards; I know because I am connected to all kinds of on-line and in-person groups lobbying on the issue and I've watched the calls being made and the cards being sent.  We've gathered at his office and we will gather again (Friday at 10:30 for the big group or anytime that day at his office, in case you are anywhere near 6840 N Oracle Road  in Tucson). Does it matter?   I was enthused when Big Cuter told me that the news outlets he follows predicted that Flake might be the third Republican to break with t...

electionsmeter.com Posit this:  You are parenting a 15 year old boy.  He has access to Twitter and Facebook and on-line gaming.  He's one of five children. You, the Dad, work out of town.  You have a job that puts you in the public eye.  You have deeply held religious beliefs.  You've stood up for what you think is right, even though 90% of your constituents disagreed with you.  You took your boys on a survival trip to the Marshall Islands, and posted a video edited by that 15 year old boy on YouTube. You are rated 92% by Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition , whose mandate includes this platform: Protest anti-Christian bigotry and defend the rights of people of faith. You sat on the stage next to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, USN Commander Mark Kelly in front of 2000 well-wishers at a memorial service on the UofA mall.  I met you then.  You smiled, you shook my hand, you posed for pictures with your wife ...