No other state (sorry, Florida) can compete with Arizona’s record of weirdness, extremism, outrage, and controversy. In the past year alone, the state’s governor stuck a finger in the president’s face, and controversy ensued. The state’s secretary of state stuck his toe into the turbid waters of birtherism, and controversy ensued. And Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio continued to stick his face in front of any camera or camera-looking object he could find, and, as always with Sheriff Joe, controversy ensued.
2. Muck In The House
The House of Representatives is never lacking for muck. But three members of the House had a particularly rocky year in 2012.
