Art Coday, one of a flock of Republican candidates who were in the U.S. Senate race, said today he's getting out and supporting Dino Rossi.Coday said he'll run for an open state House of Representatives seat in the 32nd Legislative District instead.Coday, a Shoreline physician,…
Mike Poppke and his "poker-playing buddy" Prince, a Malamute/Husky mix, attend a Poker Player Alliance rally on the steps of the state Capitol Thursday.OLYMPIA – The Washington Supreme Court was asked to decide Thursday whether Internet poker is merely a 21st Century twist on a…
National political experts are taking Dino Rossi's entrance into the race fairly seriously. Two "name" politicos -- Cook Political Report and Rothenberg Political Report -- are "upgrading" the state's status from ho-hum to looky there.Or whatever words they use to connote boring races and exciting…
Members of the Poker Players Alliance gather on the steps of the Capitol Thursday morning after the Supreme Court hears arguments on a state law that bans Internet gambling.OLYMPIA -- Members of the Poker Players Alliance gathered on the Capitol steps today after arguing the…
ino Rossi’s long expected entrance into the U.S. Senate race did not prompt a mass exodus by other Republican candidates Wednesday. Several said they welcomed the competition of the former state senator who has been weighing the race for months.Rossi, who announced his candidacy on…
The political news out of the governor's Tuesday morning press conference was all about a possible Dino Rossi v. Patty Murray matchup. While that filled the lunchtime blog post, there were other interesting items as well, which will be reported in Wednesday's S-R. The "non-political…
Dino Rossi will announce whether he's getting into the U.S. Senate race Wednesday morning on his web site, with an online video announcement. He sent out a press release to that effect and told his supporters on his Facebook page, and tweeted them from his…
Talking Points Memo, a liberal news blog, has hung the title of worst candidate ever on Vaughn Ward, who is running in the GOP primary in Idaho's 1st Congressional District.In part, it's due to a video that shows Ward saying some of the same things…
Congressional Republicans announced a "new initiative" to get the public to weigh in on important issues. And by new initiative, they mean a...A new website.They call it America Speaking Out, and it allows folks on the Internet to offer their own ideas or comment on…
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire said she's not worried about fellow Democrat Patty Murray's chances against here two-time opponent Dino Rossi. But trading a three-term incumbent like Murray for Rossi or any Republican challenger "would be a disaster for the state" by losing so much…
More voters think Washington is "seriously on on the wrong" track than going in the right direction, a new survey by University of Washington researchers says.More than half approve of the job President Obama is doing, and slightly les -- 51 percent -- approve of…
OLYMPIA -- Initiative guru Tim Eyman's latest ballot proposal seeks to ban automated ticketing cameras for running red lights in Mukilteo unless they are approved by two-thirds of that city's council AND a vote of the public.Spin Control mentioned this morning that Eyman had an…
Washington's U.S. Senate race continues to get noticed by the national news media. The Washington Times today carried a story about the race, focusing on Republican candidate Clint Didier, focusing on the fact that he's a former Washington Redskin, perhaps for those who follow football…
Dino Rossi and former Sen. Slade Gorton talk during a reception for the Mainstream Republican Cascadia Conference Friday evening.SEATTLE – Dino Rossi tiptoed up to the starting line for a run for the U.S. Senate Friday evening, telling a crowd of fellow Republicans the nation…
Monte Benham of Kennewick is convinced that people know very little about the U.S. Constitution and next to nothing about the state Constitution.“Elected officials swear an oath to uphold the state Constitution, and most of them have never even seen it, let alone read it,”he…
Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell see eye-to-eye on most things. The two West Side Washington Democrats have fairly similar voting records.But they parted ways today on the Senate's Wall Street regulation bill. Murray voted yes, calling it "the strongest consumer protections in our history:"Cantwell…
OLYMPIA --Bob McCaslin scored 100 percent on the state Labor Council's legislative report card.Which is a little like Bart Simpson scoring 100 percent on the SATs. You gotta know something strange is going on.But organized labor's report of the late legislative session does give the…
Clint Didier has something that the 10 or so other GOP candidates looking to challenge Patty Murray for the U.S. Senate don't have... and we're not talking about Super Bowl rings here.Support from Sarah Palin.The former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate tweeted "be…
The results of a study by the National Institute on Money in State Politics concludes that third party candidates face long odds at getting elected.Which may rival "it rains in Seattle" for the least surprising conclusion of the week. But at least the institute puts…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter travels West today. He's the featured speaker at the Jennifer Dunn Leadership Institute's first annual fundraising dinner at the Bellevue Hilton. The institute is a sort of training ground for young conservative leader prospects, and Otter is likely to get a…
The Association of Washington Business is throwing its weight behind the return of a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes in the Legislature.The statewide business organization urged its members Tuesday to support Initiative 1053, which was introduced even before the Legislature voted to suspend the provision.…
TACOMA -- Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner got a Washington state trifecta today, experiencing three things for which the West Side is best known: Boeing. Microsoft. And rain.In an effort to emphasize the importance of exports to the nation's fledgling recovery, Geithner planned a tour of…
A few weeks ago, Spin Control reported on a campaign commercial for governor of Alabama, not because we care how the race comes out, but because it contained an interesting catch phrase: "We speak English here."Turns out Alabama is a wealth of fun campaign commercials,…
Even if you support health care reform, this opposition video from Dem Strait has fun visuals, a good reworking of the lyrics, and as they used to say on Bandstand, it's got a good beat, you can dance to it. How would you give it…
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is in the Seattle-Tacoma corridor today. He spoke to the Microsoft CEO Summit this morning (closed to the press), toured the Boeing plant in Renton, (photos allowed, but no talking to the press), and tours the Port of Tacoma this afternoon…
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