Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Has Barack Obama texted you yet? He sent me a text message two days ago that read: "Barack Obama is proud to announce Wash. Sen. Patty Murray will be his VP nominee in the November elections. Yes We Can." But it was not to be. ...
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) starts today, and the nation's focus will turn from the Olympics in Beijing to Obama in Denver [http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_view_from_washington]. But if you're not into Obama-palooza, there's plenty of local political news to keep your whistle wh
Michelle Obama's speech last night at the Democratic National Convention [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2008138338_michelle26.html#video] has the pundits praising – and rightly so [http://blog.oregonlive.com/elections/2008/08/photos_monday.html]. Like Seattle Post-Intelligencer edit
There's an interesting guest column in today's edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/378136_firstperson08.html]. It's written by Gov. Chris Gregoire's driver during the Democratic National Convention, a Colorado State Trooper and lifelong Republican, who sa
It's a sad day for state journalism. Seattle Times chief political reporter David Postman, the author of the ever-popular Postman on Politics [http://blog.seattletimes.nwsource.com/davidpostman/], announced today that after some 14 years at the paper, he will leave to join Vulcan Inc. [http://blog.s
