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
The Seattle Times is recommending voters reject Initiative 985 [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008229398_edit05initiative985.html], the Tim Eyman-sponsored measure that would create a statewide "traffic congestion relief" fund, eliminate localized revenues for devices such
Republican presidential candidate John McCain might be the "anti-earmark candidate [http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/whose-budget-is-bigger/?ref=opinion]," but as The Seattle Times reports, McCain's VP pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, requested more than $197 million in federal earmarks
Who says there's no crying at conventions? Michael at NW Progressive, a delegate for Sen. Hillary Clinton blogging from the Democratic National Convention in Denver, says he "broke down and cried" [http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2008/08/president-and-vice-president.html] when the former first l
