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Campaign finance reports on I-1082 tell the TRUE storyThe No on I-1082 campaign has aggressively taken its intentionally deceitful we represent small business dog and pony show on the road with press conferences showcasing a local business ow...

topics: campaign, unions

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(Editor's Note: This story originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal)A trial lawyer's familiar attempt to bring down Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi. By Kimberley A. StrasselDesperate political environments tend to inspire desperate polit...

topics: activist, bellevue, campaign, candidate, christine-gregoire

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By Jon Cohen Washington Post Staff Writer Pollsters offered some more glum news for Democrats on Monday night: Republicans have their biggest lead ever on the question of which party voters would support for Congress. Gallup's generic ballot -...

topics: candidate, congress, democrat, democrats, election

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The typical worker in Washington State must put in more than two-thirds of the year 241 days to pay his or her share of the expenses of all levels local, state and federal government. Those 241 work days include fundi...

topics: christine-gregoire, government

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(Editor's Note: I found this story in the Seattle Times, but I thought it was a good follow on piece to our poll on whether or not online posters on local newspaper sites should have to identify themselves. For awhile now, I've wondered...

topics: campaign, political, supreme-court

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While I didn't vote for him, I admired Clint Didier's election night comment when asked if after losing, he'd support Dino Rossi. He answered, that when he played football for the Washington Redskins, fans had a saying, I'm rooting for the Redskin...

topics: election, republicans

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(Editor's Note: I have often posted things here from the foreign press, noting how they view our nation, our foreign policy, our politics, and our leadership. When it comes to the foreign press being critical of President Barack Obama, liberal Democr...

topics: conservative, democrats, government, health-care, liberal

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(Editor's Note: The link of Jefferson's name will take you to the source of the quote) When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe. Thomas Jefferson The democracy will cease to exist when you...

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This is a video I saw posted on Facebook. It's by the Republican Governor's Association, but no matter what your political preference, it's definitely food for thought...You can watch it here.Also, I've never been a fan of the band KISS, but this is ...

topics: political, republican

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A group of six taxpayers has filed a lawsuit to invalidate an executive order issued by Gov. Chris Gregoire last year. We believe Gov. Gregoire's climate change executive order is an unconstitutional order, said Michael Reitz, director of the ...

topics: climate-change, elected, emissions, government, greenhouse-gas