Today's fun video: A gleeful spot from IL
Are campaign videos getting more creative or more derivative? With this one, it's a tossup. Or maybe it's both.
Spin Control Jim Camden
MONDAY, OCT. 25, 2010
McCain: Murray part of 'corrupt process' 6
U.S. Sen. John McCain tried to give a boost to Republican Dino Rossi's chances of joining him in the Senate by saying Democrat Patty Murray "engages in a corrput practice."McCain stepped an inch back from calling Murray, a three-term incumbent with whom he's had significant…
Last chance to register
Washington voters have until close of business today to register to vote, and they'll have to go to their local county elections office to register in person.You'll need some form of identification that lists the address of your residence, like a driver's license or a…
THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 2010
Obama: Ask them what they'd cut 19
SEATTLE -- President Barack Obama said skeptical voters should challenge Republican candidates who are calling for smaller budgets, demanding that they explain how they'd shrink the government.Appearing in a northeast Seattle neighborhood for a "backyard conversation" with about 35 local residents, Obama defended policies his…
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 20, 2010
Today's ballot turn-in: 7,650
As suggested yesterday, Tuesday was likely the high-water mark for ballots being received in Spokane County for the next two weeks.Today's count was 7,650, down about 4,500 from Tuesday's 12,104.Highest turnout right now is in central Spokane's 3rd Legislative District, which is at about 11.2%,…
Deja vu fight: Who pays for Obama's stop in Seattle tomorrow
President Barack Obama's trip to Seattle Thursday for a backyard chat and a political rally at University of Washington is bringing up a dispute Spokane folks can relate to.No, not health care reform. Or Wall Street reform. Or birth certificate provenance. It's a cost fight,…
TUESDAY, OCT. 19, 2010
McMorris Rodgers, Romeyn go head-to-head
Democratic challenger Daryl Romeyn painted Cathy McMorris Rodgers as a do-nothing incumbent who has no solutions for federal deficits, illegal immigration, high school dropouts or childhood obesity. McMorris Rodgers suggested Romeyn was someone who didn’t understand complex forest issues and would tax small businesses out…
Debate reminder: McMorris Rodgers v. Romeyn tonight
In what may be the most anticipated 5th District Congressional debate in years, Republican incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Democratic challenger Daryl Romeyn go head-to-head tonight on television.They'll be answering questions from a panel that includes Spokesman-Review reporter and Spin Control contributor Jonathan Brunt, public…
FRIDAY, OCT. 15, 2010
McMorris Rodgers, Romeyn may debate after all 2
A few days after saying they couldn't fit a debate into Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' schedule, the Republican incumbent's campaign has shifted course and asked if she could debate Daryl Romeyn after all.The campaign called KSPS-TV producer Jill Johnson this morning, asking if the offer…
THURSDAY, OCT. 14, 2010
Senate debate: Candidates in, cleaver out
Sen. Patty Murray and Republican challenger Dino Rossi have arrived for the first televised debate in Washington's state Senate race.That means the partisans who arrived to cheer one or jeer the other have dispersed, but not before a person taking issue with their demonstration was…
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13, 2010
No debate in the 5th Congressional District 10
For the first time in decades, there will be no debate or face-to-face forum for candidates in Eastern Washington’s 5th Congressional District race because the incumbent is refusing to participate.U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' campaign said Wednesday she will not debate Democratic challenger Daryl Romeyn…
TUESDAY, OCT. 12, 2010
Dems to party, too, for debate
Not to be out-partied by Republicans, local Democrats have scheduled a debate watch party for the live televised face-off between Dino Rossi and Patty Murray.Democrats will be snacking and cheering at one of their favorite hangouts, Toad Hall, not far from the County Courthouse north…
THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 2010
WA Senate: Playing the 'Big Union' card
Dino Rossi and state Republicans are leveling a charge against Patty Murray that Republicans often use on Democrats, that she’s kowtowing to the union bosses. But they may have picked the wrong backdrop to launch this attack.As recounted today by S-R reporter Chelsea Bannach, the…
Today's fun video: No seal of approval
For presidential speeches, one would think there'd be scrupulous attention to the small things...like securing the presidential seal on the podium.But apparently, one would not always be correct in that assumption.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 6, 2010
2nd WA Senate debate set
The second, and likely last, debate between Dino Rossi and Patty Murray is scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 17 in Seattle at the KOMO-TV studios.Murray and Rossi will debate the week before in Spokane, at 7 p.m. Oct. 14, in a debate jointly sponsored and…
TUESDAY, OCT. 5, 2010
FBI protest -- of sorts -- in Oly
Protesters carry a sign to the steps of the state Capitol.OLYMPIA -- About 50 people marched through the Capitol campus this evening to protest FBI "sweeps" of activists in Minneapolis and Chicago.As protests in Olympia go, it wasn't very big. And the signs, like the…
MONDAY, SEPT. 27, 2010
WA may add a congressional seat
Washington state could be in line for a new congressional district when the numbers from the 2010 Census become final.A private organization that analyzes census, election and political data said Monday the state could just make the cut for adding a seat if the once-per-decade…
THURSDAY, SEPT. 23, 2010
McMorris Rodgers makes GOP 'Pledge' 7
AP Photo/J. Scott ApplewhiteU.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers was among House Republican leaders unveiling their 2010 campaign strategy, the "Pledge to America" at a lumberyard in Virginia.She's the easiest to distinguish person in the photo above, considering she's the only woman. Also in the photo,…
TUESDAY, SEPT. 21, 2010
Tanker contract fuels Senate campaign 1
The nation's nine-year debate on how to replace Air Force tankers became a talking point in two places Tuesday: the floor of the U.S. Senate and the Senate campaign in Washington state.An amendment to next year's Defense Authorization bill would have banned Airbus from getting…
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 15, 2010
Signature fraud case filed against I-1098 worker 5
OLYMPIA -- King County will prosecute a state worker for signature fraud in a case involving at least 19 phony signatures on Initiative 1098, the income tax proposal.Claudia McKinney, a member of Service Employees International Union who was paid by the union for the time…
Elway Poll: Tax initiatives ahead, but not winning
Three initiatives that would change the state's tax policies -- instituting an income tax, dropping a series of consumer taxes or requiring supermajorities to pass new taxes -- have more support than opposition among voters, a new poll by Elway Research Inc. indicates.But none of…
TUESDAY, SEPT. 14, 2010
Today's fun video: Passionate candidate, take 2
Remember last week's video of the passionate candidate? Wonder what happened to him? Wonder if he popped a blood vessel and keeled over?Here's Phil Davison on Good Morning America where he seems like a calm, fairly reasonable guy. And a good sport about his inadvertent…
MONDAY, SEPT. 13, 2010
Elway Poll: Murray 50%/Rossi 41% 1
OLYMPIA -- Democrat incumbent Patty Murray leads Republican challenger Dino Rossi in a "highly partisan" race, a new poll by Elway Research Inc., suggests.If they were voting today, half of the 500 likely voters contacted by the company late last week or over the weekend…
FRIDAY, SEPT. 10, 2010
Didier still not endorsing Rossi 1
Clint Didier, who placed third in last month's U.S. Senate primary, just released a long letter to supporters explaining why he still can't endorse fellow Republican Dino Rossi.Although from the letter, one might argue that Didier doesn't necessarily consider Rossi a fellow Republican, at least…
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 2010
Gregoire won't stop Cal Brown execution
OLYMPIA -- Gov. Chris Gregoire said this afternoon she will not commute the sentence of Cal Brown for the torture, rape and murder of Holly Washa.Brown, who confessed to the murder, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994, and has lost subsequent appeals to…
Jim Camden joined The Spokesman-Review in 1981 and retired in 2021. He is currently the political and state government correspondent covering Washington state.