The political news out of the governor's Tuesday morning press conference was all about a possible Dino Rossi v. Patty Murray matchup. While that filled the lunchtime blog post, there were other interesting items as well, which will be reported in Wednesday's S-R. The "non-political…
Dino Rossi will announce whether he's getting into the U.S. Senate race Wednesday morning on his web site, with an online video announcement. He sent out a press release to that effect and told his supporters on his Facebook page, and tweeted them from his…
Talking Points Memo, a liberal news blog, has hung the title of worst candidate ever on Vaughn Ward, who is running in the GOP primary in Idaho's 1st Congressional District.In part, it's due to a video that shows Ward saying some of the same things…
Congressional Republicans announced a "new initiative" to get the public to weigh in on important issues. And by new initiative, they mean a...A new website.They call it America Speaking Out, and it allows folks on the Internet to offer their own ideas or comment on…
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire said she's not worried about fellow Democrat Patty Murray's chances against here two-time opponent Dino Rossi. But trading a three-term incumbent like Murray for Rossi or any Republican challenger "would be a disaster for the state" by losing so much…
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