Washington 2020: The Calm Before the Drizzle

[Meeker]

Ugh, it happened: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/09/dino-rossi-is-a-senator

[RI]

R-74: Undecided, probably lean yes in the end
I-502: No
I-1185: Hell no
I-1240: Undecided, lean yes though I really don't care very much
SJR-8221: Undecided, lean don't care
SJR-8223: Uh...I guess?

[CultureKing]

ewww... After two or three months as a state senator again Rossi's head may grow enough to run for president.

[bgwah]

Ugh, it happened: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/09/dino-rossi-is-a-senator

I moved just in time.

[Meeker]

LOL: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/10/republican-pflug-endorses-democrat-mullet-trashes-rossi

I Pflug!

[bgwah]

LOL: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/10/republican-pflug-endorses-democrat-mullet-trashes-rossi

I Pflug!

Excellent. GOP infighting is how Kathleen Drew got elected there in 1992.

[Meeker]

Whoa. Four Republican members of the State House have endorsed some guy named Shahram Hadian for Governor, who is running to Rob McKenna's right: http://hadian2012.com/press-releases/2012-07-12/breaking-news-conservative-leaders-endorse-hadian-governor

[RI]

Whoa. Four Republican members of the State House have endorsed some guy named Shahram Hadian for Governor, who is running to Rob McKenna's right: http://hadian2012.com/press-releases/2012-07-12/breaking-news-conservative-leaders-endorse-hadian-governor

Up where I live, I've only seen signs for Hadian, not McKenna.

[bgwah]

He'll mostly be a non-factor... Though I suppose it's possible he'll drain enough from  McKenna to allow Inslee a 1st place finish in the primary.

[LastVoter]

I don't understand why suburban moderates vote for McKenna over Inslee, Inslee got elected in a relatively conservative district a couple decades ago, while McKenna is towing the Scott Walker line.

[smoltchanov]

Whoa. Four Republican members of the State House have endorsed some guy named Shahram Hadian for Governor, who is running to Rob McKenna's right: http://hadian2012.com/press-releases/2012-07-12/breaking-news-conservative-leaders-endorse-hadian-governor

These four members are "pure dumbasses" - ready to support a patented idiot with zero chances to be elected for the sake of "ideological purity". But this malaise is not limited to Republican idiots exclusively - i met a lot of their Democratic counterparts as well..

[bgwah]

Ruderman is playing very dirty, hmm...

[Alcon]

I've seen some of his signs around houses in Lakewood and Spanaway.  They seem to have a decent campaign infrastructure and a fancy web site.  Maybe that's worth 1/3 of a Clint Didier.

[bgwah]

Have there been any WA-01 polls recently?

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

For what it's worth: I saw a few Hadian signs in Spokane.

[RI]

For what it's worth: I saw a few Hadian signs in Spokane.

Yeah, but McKenna at least has a presence in Spokane; he's virtually nonexistent in northern Snohomish County. I don't think any of the gubernatorial candidates have signs up in Cheney.

[Alcon]

I haven't seen any McKenna signs in Pierce County outside of Steilacoom.  Bizarre, how statewide campaigns work.

[Meeker]

There will be a WA-01 poll released in about a week.

Meanwhile, Laura Ruderman seems intent on making Darcy Burner the Democratic candidate in November: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/13/is-suzan-delromney-mailer-a-low-blow/

[bgwah]

There will be a WA-01 poll released in about a week.

Meanwhile, Laura Ruderman seems intent on making Darcy Burner the Democratic candidate in November: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/07/13/is-suzan-delromney-mailer-a-low-blow/

Darcy was probably going to be the candidate anyway...

I don't really know how to vote for now. Not Darcy, obviously. Laura is kind of annoying me. Hobbs is a little too conservative for my tastes though I don't dislike him. Hmm, I guess that would leave DelBene. I'm basically waiting for polling to show me which candidate becomes the anti-Burner, though.

[Meeker]

So is anyone aware how this 1988 initiative was constructed on the ballot? I'm very confused by it.

[Meeker]

Wowwww: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2012/07/15/anti-suzan-delbene-pac-funded-by-mother-of-opponent-laura-ruderman/

[bgwah]

Wowwww: http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2012/07/15/anti-suzan-delbene-pac-funded-by-mother-of-opponent-laura-ruderman/

At an LD meeting last week, someone asked her to condemn the attacks, and she got all teary eyed and refused.

Do you guys think Ruderman is finished now? Might allow DelBene to emerge as the sole anti-Burner.

[Ogre Mage]

It's hard to say.  The fact that Patty Murray, the most powerful member of Washington's congressional delegation, openly condemned the mailings strongly suggests that Ruderman has become a persona non grata to the WA Democratic establishment.  So is Burner, but she is a favorite of the national left.

With Burner as the darling of the national left, DelBene the anointed choice of the WA Democratic establishment and Hobbs clearly going after the "centrist" vote, I don't see room left for Ruderman in the wake of these latest allegations.  While there is no evidence (yet) that she knew what her mother was doing, she looks to me like a candidate who has become "damaged goods."

[bgwah]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13zlscztY_I&feature=player_embedded

Ruderman is out with a "my mom has cancer" TV ad. Interesting timing.

[Alcon]

i can only imagine how the strategy conversations on this IE went.