Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are practically tied in the current count of Spokane County ballots. But that doesn't mean it's an even split around the county.Here's a look at how the votes broke down in the primary, based on the latest numbers. Darkest…
Mark Mays, a Spokane psychologist and attorney, is running as a Democrat for Congress in Eastern Washington’s 5th District.Mays informally announced his candidacy Thursday, in an e-mail and at a lunch with about a dozen potential supporters, including current and former Democratic Party officials and…
Reader Mary Bronson called a bit fed up with the complaints about Sen. Barack Obama allegedly plagiarizing parts of another politician's speech as he defended himself against charges from Hillary Clinton's campaign that he was -- to borrow a phrase -- all talk.In his defense…
suelani@gotsky.com wrote:"The presidential primary coverage is all well and good, but the reason I am on the site this morning is to find out how the Tekoa School District and Newport School District levies did. Any news to report?"Here's what we know at this point:Both…
Sen. Hillary Clinton took a slim lead among Democratic voters casting ballots in Spokane County. With about 32,000 Democratic ballots counted, Clinton has 50.5 percent, Sen. Barack Obama has 46 percent.In the Republican primary, which actually counts for delegates, Sen. John McCain his a commanding…
Latest results from Washington State.With about 50,000 Democratic ballots counted,Hillary Clinton has 49 percent; Barack Obama has 48 percentWith about 32,000 Republican votes counted,John McCain has 49 percent, Mike Huckabee has 25 percent, Mitt Romney, 17 percent and Ron Paul 7 percent.
Wisconsin is reporting 48 percent of the precincts counting:McCain 54 percent, Huckabee 38 percent, Paul 5 percentObama 56 percent, Clinton 43 percentAll the national news organizations have called both races for McCain and Obama.
Sen. John McCain is expected to win the Republican primary in Wisconsin, CNN is reporting.They're basing it mainly on exit polling. The poll sites just closed at 8 p.m. Central, which is 6 p.m. Pacific.With 7 percent of the precincts reporting, it's McCain with 56…
Although technically they count for a lot less, Democratic ballots are running slightly ahead of Republican ballots in Spokane County.As of today, the County Elections Office has logged in 51,552 Democratic ballots and 47,370 Republican ballots. That's a split of 50.4 percent to 46.3 percent.Wait…
Republican John McCain's campaign seems to be trying to get as much mileage as possible out of the endorsement from Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Eastern Washington.The McCain campaign announced the endorsement on Friday, and the McMorris Rodgers campaign followed suit with a parallel announcement.On…
It's easier to play the name game with Obama than the other candidates, or so it would seem.
...at least in politics, the more they stay the same. Or so this video from Slate suggests.
If you heard the rumor that GOP presidential candidate John McCain was coming to Spokane -- and it has been circulating since Tuesday -- it's probably time to stop spreading it.McCain's Washington state campaign was trying to bring their guy in, and had some tentative…
Washington state’s super delegates to the Democratic National ConventionEndorsing Hillary ClintonSen. Patty MurraySen. Maria CantwellRep. Norm DicksRep. Jay InsleeKing County Executive Ron SimmsEndorsing Barack ObamaGov. Chris GregoireRep. Adam SmithNational Committeewoman Pat NotterUncommittedFormer House Speaker Tom Foley *Rep. Brian BairdRep. Rick LarsenRep. Jim McDermottState Chairman Dwight…
Facing the prospect of a legal fight with the Huckabee campaign over precinct caucus results, State GOP Chairman Luke Esser issued a statement Tuesday morning insisting he did nothing wrong in declaring John McCain the winner Saturday night. He even managed to work in a…
This is a spoof. It's not an example of what kind of programming we could expect if the writer's strike continued for another month.But, on another note, would we have even more participation in the caucuses in primaries if this were real...
Mitt Romney might be out, but Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's campaign wanted supporters to remember that he's still in it.Friday night, his campaign staff sent out a pump up the troops memo saying buck up, we've got 27 states left to go."Gov. Huckabee is not…
The question isn't if Barack Obama is ready, Michelle Obama said. "The question is if we're ready," she said.Change happens from the bottom up, she said."It is not just about getting someone new sitting in the Oval Office," she said. "We've had that."Michelle Obama said…
Michelle Obama said her husband always chooses principle over power."Barack could have been a CEO, but he wanted to be a community organizer," she said.She noted that he was the first African American president of the Havard Law Review."To whom much is given much is…
Michelle Obama noted that her husband's mom was an 18-year white woman when Barack Obama was born."Now you know she was a dreamer," she said.She noted that her husband's family history, including his Kansan grandparents and the other side of his family, who are from…
Big applause line:"I will remember coming to spokane, driving down the streets and seeing there's a lot of work to be done here."She might have meant infrastructure, the crowd probably was thinking of snow removal
Here's Michelle Obama's first hint of criticism of Clinton (or, really, the Clintons):"It has gotten progressively worse for regular folks through Republican and Democratic administrations," she said.
Michelle Obama said the cost of college has become too high."We just paid off our educational debt three years ago," Obama said. "I'm still waiting for Barack's trust fund."She joked that she thought that maybe he had one since it was recently revealed that he…
Michelle Obama talked about her parents, who sent two kids to Princeton.Most folks are like her parents: "They don't want much," she said.But they want to be able to make a decent living and they want they're kids to have access to quality schools, she…
Hillary Clinton explains her health care plan:Open up the Congressional Health plan to let people who don't have insurance or don't like their insurance get coverage."If it's good enough for Congress, it's good enough for the American people."Regulate insurance companies differently, get rid of exclusions…
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