SLADE MEAD (original photo at The Dry Heat)

   A relatively new Arizona political blogger who leans to the left is claiming that his musings have been banned from White House computers.
   Slade Mead, a former state senator (as a Republican) who also lost in the Democratic primary in 2006 for state schools superintendent, has been writing since February under the title of The Dry Heat. He’s an energetic writer, providing lots of analysis on state politics and policy debates. He tends to defend Gov. Janet Napolitano, and one of his favorite targets is current Sen. John Huppenthal, R-Chandler, who claimed this office in the East Valley’s legislative District 20 after he defeated Mead the incumbent in the 2004 GOP primary.
   I’m flat-out baffled by at this blog post from Monday that The Dry Heat has been blocked at the White House. If it’s true, I can’t imagine that anyone in Washington, even in the highly partisan Bush administration, singled out the blog of an obscure former Arizona politician for special treatment. It’s far more likely that the White House discourages the working staff from spending their time cruising political blogs of all stripes at taxpayer expense.

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