Washington '12: Getting Stoned at our Gay Weddings

[MilesC56]

Inslee is resigning early to focus on his Gubernatorial campaign.

[Meeker]

There won't be an early special; he was waiting until the latest day possible passed.

[bgwah]

I dislike unfilled vacancies.

[Meeker]

Jan Angel, the one Republican state legislator in the 6th, won't run. I hear Kitsap County Commissioner Josh Brown, a Democrat, may get in.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

It's March 12, and one of the candidates for my State Senate District has already spent (SPENT - not raised) $123,443.92.  Lord almighty.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Judge Thomas McPhee has released the final ballot language for Referendum 74.  It cannot be appealed, and is much better for gay marriage supporters (and seems like less of a stretch in general to me):

This bill would allow same-sex couples to marry, preserve domestic partnerships only for seniors, and preserve the right of clergy or religious organizations to refuse to perform, recognize, or accommodate any marriage ceremony.

Should this bill be Approved or Rejected?

AG McKenna's old language was:

This bill would redefine marriage to allow same-sex couples to marry, apply marriage eligibility requirements without regard to gender and specify that laws using gender-specific terms like 'husband' and 'wife' include same-sex spouses.

Should this bill be Approved or Rejected?

[asexual trans victimologist]

Nice language. Seems pretty neutral.

[Meeker]

Both Kitsap County Commissioner Josh Brown and Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland took themselves out of contention for WA-06 today. I suppose Sheldon could still get in but Kilmer pretty much has the Democratic nomination locked up; no one else who would be serious is left.

I heard a rumor of a Tacoma Republican self-funder. We'll know soon enough I suppose.

[Grad Students are the Worst]

tacoma republican self-funder...hmm...

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Sounds like we may have an open seat in the 28th LD...

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Grove Insights, a Democratic pollster from Portland polling for SEIU, says 38%-34% Inslee with 27% undecided.  Crap poll, of course, but not much else is going on lately.

[bgwah]

I've just sort of concluded McKenna will win and stopped worrying about it.

[Seattle]

I've just sort of concluded McKenna will win and stopped worrying about it.

I've decided that its going to be close to really call until at least late september, so I just default to a slight McKenna win.

[Frodo]

I've just sort of concluded McKenna will win and stopped worrying about it.

You've given up already?  There's still seven months...

[bgwah]

I've just sort of concluded McKenna will win and stopped worrying about it.

You've given up already?  There's still seven months...

Inslee has been running a lousy campaign. But I guess there's still some hope.

[CultureKing]

I've just sort of concluded McKenna will win and stopped worrying about it.

You've given up already?  There's still seven months...

Inslee has been running a lousy campaign. But I guess there's still some hope.

Agreed, I have seen almost nothing from the Inslee campaign...

[bgwah]

Then again, Gregoire somehow managed to win. But McKenna is a better candidate than Rossi...

[Ogre Mage]

I agree that Inslee is running a weak campaign.  Given how long he has been prepping for this race I expected better.  His so-so effort would probably be good enough against a mediocre opponent -- but not against a top-tier candidate like McKenna.  I think McKenna comes across as the sharper, more dominant personality.  Inslee kinda seems like a bump on a log right now.

McKenna has wisely been campaigning in King County and it seems that Inslee has not done enough to introduce himself to the base there based on some polls I have seen.  He's not well known in the area (at least Metro Seattle) and cannot take it for granted just because he has a "D" next to his name.

Inslee's gotta turn out the base if he is going to win.  One plus is that Obama will be at the top of the ticket instead of the lackluster John Kerry that Gregoire had in 2004.  But I'm not sure how much impact the Presidential race will have on a downballot governor's race.

[Senator Napoleon]

Well, I was hoping to see more enthusiasm for victory here since Wisconsin is a rather obvious fool's gold race.

[bgwah]

Hopefully it's early enough that the Inslee campaign will realize they need to change their strategy.

I still sort of think we'll have McKenna win this year, and then have Dow Constantine beat him in 2016.

[ModerateCoward]

So more continuation of death thousand austerities instead of sensible non-regressive income taxes? Eww...

[Senator Napoleon]

So more continuation of death thousand austerities instead of sensible non-regressive income taxes? Eww...

Ha, I think you're expecting a bit much. Still, I like Inslee and would prefer him to, say, Governor Malloy the Malleable.
And Im eyeing the Pacific Coast if I choose to move.

[ModerateCoward]

So more continuation of death thousand austerities instead of sensible non-regressive income taxes? Eww...

Ha, I think you're expecting a bit much. Still, I like Inslee and would prefer him to, say, Governor Malloy the Malleable.
And Im eyeing the Pacific Coast if I choose to move.

I don't really expect that much, I'm pretty sure we will see austerity for the rest of our lives, soon on the national level. But Scott Walker is coming to Washington.

[CultureKing]

So if healthcare gets overturned by the Supreme Court how big of a hit will McKenna take?


Nothing like backing a huge lawsuit against ObamaCare to remind liberals about your true stances!

[greenforest32]

So if healthcare gets overturned by the Supreme Court how big of a hit will McKenna take?


Nothing like backing a huge lawsuit against ObamaCare to remind liberals about your true stances!

Wouldn't it getting overturned favor McKenna?