Let the mourning begin about the Seattle SuperGoneics. Everyone's in tears. That is, except the editorial board at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. They think the settlement was a good deal. Hmmm. Are you kidding me? Heck, even the basketball gods thundered their disapproval throughout the night. ...
Funny, I was thinking the same thing: Looking for Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi's tax returns? Well, forget it, reports Crosscut writer Austin Jenkins. As for Gov. Chris Gregoire's info, "give her some time." She'll come around. Uh-huh. Right. ...
Funny guy: Tacoma News Tribune columnist Peter Callaghan sums up the state's latest political news with satire. ...
Music to my ears: The Seattle Times launched its Political Caucus web site today — "an online community aimed at adding more diverse voices" to their coverage of politics. First up is University of Washington's favorite professor, David Domke, analyzing Sen. Barack Obama's courtship of evangelical voters. ....
Music to my smears: Political bloggers Niki Sullivan at the News Tribune and Chris Mulick at the Tri-City Herald suggest their favorite musical accompaniments to dumb campaign gaffes. ...
Department of WTF?: The Oregon blogosphere is all over the story of state Republican candidate Jeff Duyck getting kicked out of the District 29 race because his house sits 125 feet beyond the district's border. Here's coverage from the left and right. ...
Department of eat my shorts: In the wake of Charles Bermant's story here at Crosscut about bad blog commenters, EFFin' Unsound told us to toughen up. But in the last two days, EFFU had issued not one but two posts condemning commenters on local blogs. ...
Department of apologies: Horse's Ass says it's time for Rossi to say sorry for his campaign's abuse of the Everett Aquasox mailing list. ...
Department of goddamn city officials: Don Ward at Sound Politics is calling for the heads of local Democratic leadership who failed to keep the Sonics in Seattle. ...
Holy smokes: After Democratic congressional candidate Darcy Burner's house burned down Tuesday, her campaign contributions went through the roof. ...
Smoking guns: Republican gubernatorial challenger Rossi has launched a fact check Web site that he hopes will help reveal the truth behind Democratic attack ads. ...
Caught Red-handed: Meanwhile, state Republicans launched their first wave of televised ads attacking Gregoire today. Expect many more. ...
Blue advantage?: Obama leads Sen. John McCain by a slim 8-point lead in Washington, making the state almost "battleground"-worthy. ...
Yes, we can: At the Seattle P-I, columnist Robert Jamieson says it's time to get past partisan name calling. ...
No, you can't: The state Supreme Court says prisoners aren't allowed to view the public record while behind bars. ...
And finally, despite what The New York Times might say, Newsweek reports blogging is Chicken Soup for the Soul. ...
