Color between the lines
Painfully white but joyfully happy on election night, a party-goer is enlightened during the ride home.
Painfully white but joyfully happy on election night, a party-goer is enlightened during the ride home.
There's still hope for state Republicans. According to columnist Joel Connelly, all the GOP needs to do is cut ties with its biggest backer — the Building Industry Association of Washington.
As Washington and Oregon become increasingly urban, Republicans are increasingly scarce. They remain in control of isolated, rural counties, but their numbers are no match for Democrats.
Gregoire goes back to Olympia to fix the budget. Rossi goes home for dinner. Seattle goes back to pondering Viaduct solutions. And so on.
For the president-elect and Washington's governor, the reality of an economy in crisis leaves no time for rest. Plus other observations about the big vote this week.