With the surprising defeat of Greg Nickels, a powerful political coalition of labor, greens, and developers is up for grabs. If it doesn't settle on one candidate, local politics could be scrambled.
Despite the protests of campaign experts, candidates and their supporters demand yard signs. It's our Norman Rockwell moment.
One of the moderators of Saturday's presidential forum at the Yearly Kos 'netroots' convention in Chicago was a Seattle-based blogger who grew up in Idaho. She sat down with Crosscut for an interview shortly after being up onstage with seven Democratic presidential aspirants.
The Mayor had a hard time presenting an authentic self to the public, for reasons both psychological and demographic. In the end he was a prime minister, never a king.
Sen. Larry Craig deserves what he gets, but I'm alarmed by the behavior of other players in this scandal.
