Our President visited Mexico this past week and gave an optimistic, sunny speech in which he said, “I have come to Mexico because it is time to put old mindsets aside. It’s time to recognize new realities, including the impressive progress in today’s Mexico. For even as Mexicans continue to make courageous sacrifices for the…

By: Paul Bentz My church worships at a high school in the west valley.  It’s a great facility in an excellent location that allows our congregation to connect with the community.  For me, it’s also an opportunity to revisit high school culture and get an understanding of what’s “cool” these days.  Actually, since the kids…

Chuck Coughlin was recently on KJZZ’s Here and Now discussing why Medicaid expansion in Arizona makes sense economically and morally.  He also talked about Brewer’s governing style and why the world of politics often gets dirty. Click here to listen zp8497586rq

By: Paul Bentz A recent study by GROW Elect and Moore Information shared some very interesting insights into registered Latino voters in ten California congressional districts expected to be competitive in the 2014 mid-term elections. Take a look at their findings (pdf). It was interesting that immigration was only a piece of the puzzle. While…

“With public sentiment nothing can fail, without it nothing can succeed.  Consequently he who molds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or pronounces decisions” – Abraham Lincoln In Arizona, the swing demographics, those voters likely to move in a general election, are well defined:  Republican women and Independent voters.  When Republicans are…