Chad Lupkes' Soapbox
- We know the difference[Aug 27, 20:43 PT] Fierce competition is healthy sometimes. Survival of the fit, and thriving of the winners. Wars have been used throughout history to prove things to individuals and to entire nations. And competition is celebrated. Songs and ballads from all ...cont'd.
Ridenbaugh Press
- Top 2 legislative lessons[Aug 25, 16:42 PT] T here’s a limit to how closely lessons ought to be drawn from the vote numbers in last week’s Top 2 primary election in Washington. Although not a partisan primary in the usual sense, it probably drew a disproportionately partisan ...cont'd.
Ridenbaugh Press
- Tight indicators[Aug 23, 11:33 PT] O ne of the most interesting of Washington legislative races remains so, after the primary results and concession - by an incumbent - are in. That is in Clark County’s 17th District, a close-margin district where the state senator is a ...cont'd.
Orcinus
 Good signs for Darcy Burner[Aug 20, 23:11 PT] -- by Dave [Image] Photo by Karen Ducey/P-I Darcy Burner didn't quite get the victory in Washington's primary election last night she was hoping for -- but it was close: Dave Reichert outpolled her only 48-45 percent. Two factors were at play here, ...cont'd.
Progressive Majority WA
Washington Primary Results[Aug 20, 14:58 PT] At Progressive Majority, we're used to winning elections. But yesterday's primary results in Washington state exceeded all expectations: All 22 Progressive Majority candidates with primaries in Washington advanced to the general election! These ...cont'd.
Postman on Politics
- Guess what? Gov's race looks close[Aug 19, 22:17 PT] When I last checked there were about 746,000 voies counted in the governor's race. I bet that's more than half the votes we'll get tonight. Gregoire has 48 percent of those and Rossi has 46 percent. It's enough for Rossi to issue a statement: We had ...cont'd.
Politics Is A Blood Sport
- Profunditry, Clark County style[Aug 19, 22:00 PT] Some quick thoughts: 1. Delavar's win does two things. It's a pure repudiation of the Republican establishment endorsement of unknown Christine Webb. It also opens up a slight chance that single-issue voters on the Iraq War issue (portions of Cheryl ...cont'd.
Progressive Majority WA
- Getting Out the Progressive Vote[Aug 19, 14:57 PT] Washington's primary Election Day is today, Tuesday, August 19 and Progressive Majority candidates need your vote! In Washington and in seven other bellwether states, Progressive Majority identifies, recruits, trains and elects progressive ...cont'd.
Postman on Politics
- Join me for a primary night chat[Aug 19, 10:03 PT] After the polls close tonight I plan to do a little live-blogging and, I hope, a lot of chatting with you all about the state's first-ever top two primary. The campaigns have already flooded me with their pre-spin so it'll be fun to see how the ...cont'd.
Willapa Magazine
- How civically hep are we?[Aug 18, 13:12 PT] Survey Report Excerpts from The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press A sizable minority of Americans find themselves at the intersection of these two long-standing trends in news consumption. Integrators, who get the news from both ...cont'd.
The Moderate Washingtonian
- Primary predictions: statewide[Aug 17, 14:54 PT] With only two days left until our first top two primary (suck it, Pelz), I thought it might be worthwhile to come back to the weblog and post some primary predictions. Today will be statewide contests and tomorrow will be legislative contests should ...cont'd.
Eye on Olympia
- Who the primary favored...[Dateline Unknown] --The Democrats, according to Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna: "Primaries in Washington state invariably favor Democratic candidates," he said by phone earlier tonight. ( Full post )
NPI Advocate
- LIVE from Denver: Guests at the Big Tent[Aug 27, 13:33 PT] The Big Tent in Denver has had the honor of hosting an unbelievable number of guests today. As DiAnne posted earlier, Governor Schweitzer stopped by this morning, but we've also been fortunate enough to be joined by Senator Dick Durbin, Joe Trippi, ...cont'd.
Postman on Politics
Republicans agree to $15,000 PDC fine[Aug 25, 18:13 PT] The Washington State Republican Party has agreed to pay $15,000 for failing to tell candidates about nearly $300,000 worth of last-minute campaigning the party did for them. The party filed the right paperwork in 2004 and 2006 to the Public ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
- Pierce County Parking[Aug 26, 01:00 PT] University Place is nearly out of bounding capacity and is trying to work out plans to have Pierce Transit pay for part of the parking they at putting in as part of their Town Center project. University Place wants Pierce Transit to bound $10 ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
Eastside Transit News[Aug 25, 14:00 PT] Two quick hits on Eastside issues: The Mercer Island Park-and-Ridethat opened eight months ago is already full most days, despite having twice as many spots as the park-and-ride it replaced. In this DJC intervi ewBellevue’s Mayor, Grant ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
Route 36[Aug 25, 07:42 PT] Over on the Rainier Valley Post, "Bus Bitch" has found her(?) way onto the SE Seattle Metro Sounding Board. She’s also starting to suggest some routing changes. The first route discussed is the 36: In the 'Bus Bitch' plan, our favorite vomit ...cont'd.
Seattle Transit Blog
- Light Rail and Bus Comparison[Aug 24, 20:48 PT] [Image] You longer have to take my word that buses are more expensive than LRT, we have the National Transit Database and Sound Transit doing the hard work. LRT is more than 50% faster, and less than half as expensive per passenger mile than buses. ...cont'd.
Politics Is A Blood Sport
- Math is for MBAs[Aug 23, 22:14 PT] [Image] Kathie Durbin, like a schoolhouse math teacher, drubs Joseph James over the head with a big chalk eraser: Is Republican legislative candidate Joseph James math-challenged? In a campaign flier distributed in July, the candidate for a 17th ...cont'd.
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The MountainGoat Report
- The Arrogance of Bill Sali[Aug 27, 10:59 PT] From an Idaho Press-Tribune guest editorial by Scott Faris, community editorial board member, via From the Editors, writing about the recent dust-up between the paper and Congressman Bill Sali and staff: For the record, I am a conservative who ...cont'd.
The MountainGoat Report
- Did Sali Violate House Ethics Rules?[Aug 22, 18:05 PT] How long does it take a letter to get from Washington, D.C. to Nampa, Idaho? It's an odd question but maybe an important one. According to the House Ethics Manual: Under statutory law and Committee on House Administration regulations, a Member is ...cont'd.
The Unequivocal Notion
- Semanko and Sid Smith get GOPWND[Aug 22, 16:08 PT] Seriously, Norm Semanko and Sid Smith are morons. If I were a member of Idaho's GOP I'd be sweating bullets with these two at the helm. KTVB:Idaho GOP erred when it said Minnick got tax break BOISE -- The Idaho Republican Party erred this week when ...cont'd.
The Political Game
- A New Kind of Plagiarism?[Aug 22, 14:41 PT] Randy Stapilus of Ridenbaugh Press pointed out today the oddities on State Representative Julie Ellsworth's campaign site. Noting that Mitt Romney was a hit in Idaho throughout the primaries, he was tipped off by a reader that Ellsworth's issues ...cont'd.
IdaBlue
- Sali's unintentional irony[Aug 20, 16:32 PT] The banner at the top of Bill Sali's blog says "Accept No Substitutes!" And yet, today features another post by Adam Graham, substituting for Bill, posted by Noah Wall, also subbing. Update: Okay, I added a link to the BS blog.
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The Rambling Taoist
- Rally 'Round the Boys 'N Girls[Aug 28, 01:12 PT] A friend emailed me to ask if I had been watching the Democratic Party convention in Denver -- he thought it was high comedy!! I replied that I had decided to pass because I didn't desire to make myself sick, both with too much laughter and too much ...cont'd.
BlueOregon
- A place called Hope.[Aug 28, 00:41 PT] [Image] I was in the convention hall tonight. The assembled Democrats were buzzing with anticipation about what Bill Clinton would say. Even in the wake of Hillary's speech the night before, the media were speculating wildly that he would do ...cont'd.
morialekafa
- The "Big Dog" speaks[Aug 27, 22:47 PT] Well, the 'Big Dog' spoke, and he said all the things he was supposed to say. It wasn't a great speech, didn't even approach Hillary's (probably by design), but it was exactly what was required. And it did set the stage nicely for Joe Biden's speech ...cont'd.
Ridenbaugh Press
- Merkley at the convention[Aug 27, 22:21 PT] [YouTube Video] O regon Senate candidate Jeff Merkley hadn’t long to speak Wednesday at the National Democratic Convention, but he did get off a quotable line he may continue to use: "My opponent talks like Barack Obama but votes like George ...cont'd.
The Political Game
- Acclamation[Aug 27, 21:28 PT] *Editor's Note: This will be my final DNC post, I'll move an updated version of my "Going Under" post to the top of the page and I'm going back to my health-minded, surgery to come, recovery imminent bunker. It was the night in New Hampshire that ...cont'd.
NPI Advocate
- Senator Biden's Speech[Aug 27, 20:48 PT] Below is the full text of the remarks given by Senator Joe Biden on his acceptance of the Democratic nomination for Vice President. You can find video of the speech here. Since I'm not in Denver, I can only guess that the speech was as great in the ...cont'd.
Ratiocination
- I'm Afraid to Jinx It[Aug 27, 20:13 PT] But, after several nights of watching speeches from Denver (even through the filter of the cable newscasters who, for some reason, believe that what they have to say is more important than actual speeches), I'm beginning to think ... well, ... I'm ...cont'd.
Hominid Views
- Pollin' Wednesday[Aug 27, 19:26 PT] From the Big Tent in Denver, C olorado…here is today’s head-to-head poll round-up…. Presidential Polls: Brown University poll in Rhode Island Strategic Vision poll in Florida Mason Dixon poll in Florida CNN/Time poll in Colorado ...cont'd.
The Stranger Blog
- Where to Watch Obama's Speech Tomorrow?[Aug 27, 18:54 PT] Hoping to find a good bar in Seattle where you can watch Obama's DNC acceptance speech tomorrow night with a bunch of fellow Obamaniacs? Check Slog tomorrow morning and we'll have a list of Oba ma-speech-watching parties posted. (And if you want to ...cont'd.
IdaBlue
- DemocratIC convention, part three[Aug 27, 18:47 PT] Well, I just watched Bill Clinton speak, and, like his wife, he gave a great speech. It made me miss him. Biden's next, and I hope he "draws sharp distinctions" between Democrats and the reactionary Republicans who have been in charge for the last 8 ...cont'd.
43rd State Blues
- Google's Prius pluggable Hybrid[Aug 27, 18:43 PT] Even without the crunchy awesomeness of these bloggerly floor passes, I'd be very tempted to Convention again in 4 years. I'd buy the big tent pass, I'd figure out how to get invites to some crux venues and policy discussions (many are free), and ...cont'd.
NPI Advocate
- LIVE from Denver: An interesting night[Aug 27, 18:43 PT] What an evening it has been. First I had a wonderful Cajun feed courtesy of the Big Tent (more Fat Tire Ale) and then I headed over to the MSNBC sound stage to see what was going on. My timing was very lucky because I caught a bit of Rachel Maddow ...cont'd.
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