David Goldstein at Horse's Ass wrote over the weekend – post gubernatorial debate – that "there is no state budget deficit [http://www.horsesass.org/?p=7219]," prompting me to wonder what the hell he was talking about. I thought, "Did I miss something?" As Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire said in Satu
Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi has been hammering Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire in his advertisements for raising "the gas tax." But as Seattle Post-Intelligencer columnist Joel Connelly points out today [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/378810_Joel12.html], "Rossi would take a
The past week must have been exciting for local balloteer Tim Eyman. First, the state Supreme Court appeared to side with Eyman [http://www.spokesmanreview.com/blogs/olympia/archive.asp?postID=8510#more] when it heard arguments from Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown about the consitutionality of Ini
The Oregonian reports that a popular driving range in Oregon is asking golfers to cast their "swing votes" by aiming practice shots at 8-feet-tall metal likenesses of John McCain and Barack Obama [http://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/index.ssf/2008/09/nothing_but_swing_voters_at_tu.html]. Whil
It looks like Republican Sen. John McCain is not the only one getting a boost in the polls, thanks to his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be the Republican vice presidential nominee. According to SurveyUSA's latest poll, Republican gubernatorial challenger Dino Rossi leads Democratic Gov. Ch
