"I personally think he's a gutless weasel." --- Initiative promoter Tim Eyman, trying to goad Mark Ufkes into a debate. Ufkes, who works for Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, had reportedly offered an anytime-anywhere "smackdown" debate over Eyman's Initiative 892. The measure would allow businesses…
With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, we're now getting a new political email every four minutes. An increasing percentage -- no surprise -- are of the don't-believe-everything-you-read variety.Case in point: Gubernatorial candidate Christine Gregoire's campaign today issued this summary of a…
Even this year, it's rare to see a political ad with a disclaimer like this one: "Dancing man not actually Gov. Easley."The ad in question is from the Republican Governors' Association . Scroll down to get to the North Carolina video.
"Dino, there you go again..." -Gubernatorial candidate Christine Gregoire, borrowing a debate line made famous during a Carter-Reagan debate in 1980. She was responding to candidate Dino Rossi's charges that she's done a poor job of defending the state against lawsuits.
"More water in a broken bucket will not fix the bucket." ---Americans for Tax Reform, a Washington, D.C.-based group opposing Initiative 884, which would boost the sales tax to raise $1 billion more per year for Washington's education system.
Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi were apparently holding their fire for Seattle.Tuesday night's debate in Yakima was surprisingly mild-mannered, with few direct clashes. (Maybe it was the environment -- the Yakima Herald-Republic held the event inside the city's ornate Capitol Theater.)That changed Wednesday night, however,…
"Listen, Vance -- the way things are going, we don't need to steal." -Washington Democratic Party spokeswoman Kirstin Brost, gloating over GOP chairman Chris Vance after a series of recent Republican campaign setbacks. Vance alleges that a break-in and computer theft at Bush-Cheney re-election headquarters…