TACOMA – Despite Friday’s reports of unemployment stuck at 9.6 percent and a net loss of jobs nationwide, Vice President Joe Biden urged voters to stick with Sen. Patty Murray and other Democrats next month.Jobs are returning in the auto industry and other parts of…
TACOMA -- Vice President Joe Biden tried to make the case today that Democrats, not Republicans, represent real change and coax young voters to make another trip to the polls for U.S. Sen. Patty Murray in her close race against Republican Dino Rossi."You turned out…
TACOMA -- Wall Street played "Russian roulette" with the nation's future and shouldn't be allowed to do it again, Sen. Patty Murray told a cheering crowd of about 1,000 here."I vowed on my watch Main Street will never again be left holding the bag by…
TACOMA --Signalling how close Washington'sSenate race is, Gov. Chris Gregoire told a crowd at the University of Washington branch campus that control of Congress is at stake in the election that's just 25 days away.Gregoire took shots at a series of Republican candidates around the…
TACOMA -- Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy, warming up the crowd this morning for Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Patty Murray, hit the themes of the Democratic Party for the mid term election.She drew jeers from the partisan crowd for Sarah Palin, Karl Rove…
TACOMA -- Vice President Joe Biden campaigns with Sen. Patty Murray here this morning on the University of Washington branch campus.The Murray campaign apparently trusts the weather, or the crowd's willingness to stand in the rain. It's outside, and drops are starting to fall.Republican Dino…
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