Washington 2020: The Calm Before the Drizzle

[CatoMinor]

24-hour web cam of the King County Elections counting room floor: http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/aboutus/webcam.aspx

Now you can watch all the fraud happen right from the comfort of your home!

In the words of Boss Tweed,

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[Ogre Mage]

Patty Murray has been endorsed by the Spokane Spokesman-Review:

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/editorial-on-balance-murray-is-better-choice-for/

It is not a good sign for Rossi that he could not win the endorsement of a conservative paper in a high population conservative area in a GOP favored political environment.

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Patty Murray has been endorsed by the Spokane Spokesman-Review:

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/editorial-on-balance-murray-is-better-choice-for/

It is not a good sign for Rossi that he could not win the endorsement of a conservative paper in a high population conservative area in a GOP favored political environment.

wtf wtf wtf

[Meeker]

Anyone who looks at this race objectively and examines it without partisanship taken into account - as most newspaper in this state do - can see that Murray is the far better candidate.

I say that not to trash Rossi supporters - there are other reasons to vote for people apart from candidate quality, such as partisan affiliation. But newspapers (with a few exceptions) don't consider such things.

[Stranger Than Fiction]

Patty Murray has been endorsed by the Spokane Spokesman-Review:

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/editorial-on-balance-murray-is-better-choice-for/

It is not a good sign for Rossi that he could not win the endorsement of a conservative paper in a high population conservative area in a GOP favored political environment.

So did the Tri-City Herald.  A conservative paper from the most conservative part of the state.  Did they endorse Murray in 2004?

[bgwah]

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2013249952_third25m.html

Articles like this are so bad I just want to hit my head on the desk.

[Ogre Mage]

Patty Murray has been endorsed by the Spokane Spokesman-Review:

http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/editorial-on-balance-murray-is-better-choice-for/

It is not a good sign for Rossi that he could not win the endorsement of a conservative paper in a high population conservative area in a GOP favored political environment.

So did the Tri-City Herald.  A conservative paper from the most conservative part of the state.  Did they endorse Murray in 2004?

The Spokesman-Review endorsed George Nethercutt in 2004.  I don't know about the Tri-City Herald.

[Meeker]

Very strange: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2013254048_wheresrossihewontsay.html

[cinyc]

Very strange: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2013254048_wheresrossihewontsay.html

Not really.  A lot of candidates aren't making their appearances as well known as they used to in order to avoid the opposition from filming and exploiting miscues.

[Meeker]

Very strange: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2013254048_wheresrossihewontsay.html

Not really.  A lot of candidates aren't making their appearances as well known as they used to in order to avoid the opposition from filming and exploiting miscues.

That wasn't the "very strange" I was referring to. The fact that reporters repeatedly asked him on a public conference call where he was and yet he wouldn't respond is a dumb and bizarre thing for any candidate to do.

[Meeker]

The DCCC just dropped more than $500k in a last minute ad buy in WA-03. That brings their total spending in the district to more than $1.7 million.

They must see something in their polling that we're not...

[Alcon]

Washington Poll
Murray 46%
Rossi 42%

I-1098 (Income tax)
Yes 44%
No 50%

I-1100 (Liquor privatization)
Yes 49%
No 47%

I-1107 (Soda/Candy tax repeal)
Yes 57%
No 40%

I-1053 (Two-thirds tax hike requirement)
Yes 60%
No 29% (!)

I-1053: Dayum.

[Mercenary]

Income Tax is that close? That is scary...

[bgwah]

Washington Poll
Murray 46%
Rossi 42%

I-1098 (Income tax)
Yes 44%
No 50%

I-1100 (Liquor privatization)
Yes 49%
No 47%

I-1107 (Soda/Candy tax repeal)
Yes 57%
No 40%

I-1053 (Two-thirds tax hike requirement)
Yes 60%
No 29% (!)

I-1053: Dayum.

Did they not poll I-1105?

I have a feeling Yes/No and No/Yes votes will give No/No a win.

[Mercenary]

I still don't get why we had 1100 and 1105 how were they ever different?

[Alcon]

I still don't get why we had 1100 and 1105 how were they ever different?

They're actually significantly different, if you read the details of the distribution adjustments, and not just what's on the ballot.  I voted Yes/No.  I thought I-1100 was decent and I-1105 sucks.

[Alcon]

The children speak!

http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/mock/Results.aspx

[Meeker]

The children speak!

http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/mock/Results.aspx

I made sure to vote in that earlier this week.

[Alcon]

I think we missed the SUSA initiative results

I-1098 (Income tax)
Yes 34%
No 56%

I-1107 (End candy/soda tax)
Yes 56%
No 36%

I-1053 (Reinstate two-thirds majority)
Yes 55%
No 28%

Referendum 52 (School Energy Bonds)
Approve 38%
Reject 46%

I-1082 (Industrial Insurance)
Yes 33%
No 40%

I-1100 (Liquor #1)
Yes 48%
No 40%

I-1105 (Liquor #2)
Yes 36%
No 51%

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I think we missed the SUSA initiative results

I-1098 (Income tax)
Yes 34%
No 56%

I-1053 (Reinstate two-thirds majority)
Yes 55%
No 28%

Epic fail state.

[SvenssonRS]

I think we missed the SUSA initiative results

I-1098 (Income tax)
Yes 34%
No 56%

I-1053 (Reinstate two-thirds majority)
Yes 55%
No 28%

Epic fail state.

I like how every state that does something vaguely contrary to what you want it to do is "epic fail" or a "joke state." Gotta love the benevolent Dems!

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

I think we missed the SUSA initiative results

I-1098 (Income tax)
Yes 34%
No 56%

I-1053 (Reinstate two-thirds majority)
Yes 55%
No 28%

Epic fail state.

I like how every state that does something vaguely contrary to what you want it to do is "epic fail" or a "joke state." Gotta love the benevolent Dems!

Yes a 2/3 majority to pass tax increases is a fantastic idea. It's what's made California such a well-functioning state after all.

[Alcon]

Perhaps those who basically know nothing of these initiatives beyond their ballot titles should find another thread

Not that you need to know much on I-1053, really, which honestly I'm amazed is doing so well.

[Dgov]

The children speak!

http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/mock/Results.aspx

What's the Difference between Initiative B and Initiative 1098?  Do they both create some sort of Income tax and just different kinds, or what?

[Alcon]

The children speak!

http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/mock/Results.aspx

What's the Difference between Initiative B and Initiative 1098?  Do they both create some sort of Income tax and just different kinds, or what?

I think the lettered initiatives were just simplified versions of real initiatives they asked the young kids.  Before they asked them silly school uniform-type questions.  Those are never lettered initiatives on the ballot.