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Spin Control archive for May 10, 2012

THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2012

Obama: Move forward, don't go back

SEATTLE -- Barack Obama acknowledged he hasn't been a perfect president as he asked some , supporters to help him win another term and ask themselves a different question than the tradition standard an incument faces of "are you better off than you were four…

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Obama making rounds in Seattle

SEATTLE -- president Obama's motorcade arrived in downtown about 2 pm where crowds lined the blocked off streets to snap photos and gay rights activists waved supporting signs. Inside the paramount Theater a crowd that paid $1000 per ticket was being treated to music from…

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SEATTLE -- Teri McClain, left, and Mary Beth Brotski wear signs thanking President Barack Obama for supporting gay marriage. (Jim Camden)

Crowds gathering outside Paramount

McClain, left, and Brotski outside the Paramount Theater. SEATTLE -- President Obama's supporters are lining up outside the Paramount Theater and filling the blocked off street in advance of his second fund-raiser of the day in this city. Obama arrived shortly before noon at Boeing…

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Spokane City Councilman Jon Snyder, left, and Paul Dillon, legislative aide to state Rep. Andy Billig, greet state Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown at her farewell celebration on Wednesday, May 9, at the Matin Woldson Theater at the Fox. Snyder is running for the state House seat currently held by state Rep. Andy Billig. Brown, who announced last week that she would not seek a new term, has endorsed one of Snyder's opponents in the race, Marcus Riccelli, her senior policy analyst. (Jonathan Brunt)

Waite questions labor's backing of Riccelli

Candidates haven’t even officially signed up to run for office, but the contest for a state House seat representing central Spokane is heating up. The race for the seat held by state Rep. Andy Billig, D-Spokane, already has attracted four candidates, in large part because…

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Obama headed for Seattle

President Barack Obama is headed for Seattle today, to raise campaign money and tie up traffic. Make that tie up traffic even worse than normal in the city. He's due into Boeing Field about 11:45 a.m., has a high-ticket private fundraiser in the city ($17,900…

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