Washington '12: Getting Stoned at our Gay Weddings

[Seattle]

Yikes, the "The real Rob McKenna" ads are awful.

[Fuzzy]

Yikes, the "The real Rob McKenna" ads are awful.

Link?

[NRS11]

Yikes, the "The real Rob McKenna" ads are awful.

Agreed, but in the year 2012 "good attack ad" is kind of an oxymoron.  I doubt any of these ads are having an impact.

I mean, honestly, a bunch of old guys with AWM syndrome discussing Jay Inslee's record at a Denny's......

[bgwah]

Yikes, the "The real Rob McKenna" ads are awful.

The minimum wage ad is certainly better than McKenna's dumb "Jay Inslee hates firefighters!" ads.

[Meeker]

"Democrat" Tim Sheldon has endorsed Bill Driscoll in WA-06.

[bgwah]

"Democrat" Tim Sheldon has endorsed Bill Driscoll in WA-06.

Kilmer is still going to win, right?

[Meeker]

"Democrat" Tim Sheldon has endorsed Bill Driscoll in WA-06.

Kilmer is still going to win, right?

Probably. You are going to start seeing a lot of Driscoll ads on TV next week. And his direct mail has started.

Side note: Apparently Sheldon supported Obama in 2008? I'm surprised.

[Frodo]

Are there any more debates left in the governor's race?  I'm beginning to lose hope.  I sure hope you guys don't make it 32 years of Democrat governors!

If the WA GOP provides better candidates that don't hate cities and mass transit, and we might just avoid seeing a 36 or 40-year run.  Otherwise, they should prepare to follow their California counterparts into near-irrelevance.  

[Seattle]

Yikes, the "The real Rob McKenna" ads are awful.

The minimum wage ad is certainly better than McKenna's dumb "Jay Inslee hates firefighters!" ads.

In my opinion the minimum wage ads seem kinda silly. While McKenna's firefighter ads are even more ridiculous and just wrong, they paint a more frightening picture (I could see people believing them and caring about it).

[ModerateCoward]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7KPvmJ514p4

[Seattle]

Yes on R-74 has gotten pretty much every major/minor newspaper endorsement...

Another one from Eastern Washington (The Tri-City Herald):

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/10/14/2133827/same-sex-marriage-yes.html

[Grad Students are the Worst]

I think the Tri-Cities Herald actually was neutral on R-71.  Must be changes in the editorial board.

As far as I know, the only Reject editorial so far was a pretty lukewarm one from the Longview Daily News.  I imagine the Centralia Chronicle will probably be anti- too.

None of this is particularly surprising, though.  Proposition 8 didn't really get newspaper endorsements either.

22 days!

[Seattle]

As far as I know, the only Reject editorial so far was a pretty lukewarm one from the Longview Daily News.

I think it's strange they didn't write for the yes side... I know Longview isn't socially liberal, but it sure is when compared to Wenatchee, Walla Walla, or the Tri-Cities.

Has the Yakima Herald choosen sides yet?

[bgwah]

The anti-R74 ads are pretty bad...

[Grad Students are the Worst]

I'm pretty sure the Heraldgave a pretty solid endorsement to R-71 in 2009.  I'd assume they'll be going with Approve again.

Random, but I think I just figured out why Columbia County (or at least Dayton) is relatively moderate on social issues relative to Garfield County/Pomeroy: there's a United Church of Christ in Dayton with a lesbian pastor.

[Mercenary]

I finally got around to updating my absentee ballot address.
But I'm starting to think my votes will be on the losing end on every issue. Although I have a hard time voting for any candidates because our idiotic top two primary system means that once the primary is over my ability to vote is gone since the only candidates I would ever consider are third party ones. Still, even if all my votes will be on the losing side, may as well vote anyway I guess, but it seems barely worth the effort.

[Meeker]

Congressional finance update!

WA-01

DelBene
Total raised: $3,462,000 ($2,300,000 from candidate)
Total spent: $3,135,000
CoH: $486,000

Koster
Total raised: $833,000
Total spent: $595,000
CoH: $238,000

WA-02

Larsen
Total raised: $1,247,000
Total spent: $973,000
CoH: $588,000

Matthews
Total raised: $258,000 ($200,000 from candidate)
Total spent: $213,000
CoH: $45,000

WA-03

Herrera Beutler
Total raised: $1,568,000
Total spent: $1,208,000
CoH: $441,000

Haugen
Total raised: $0
Total spent: $0
CoH: $0

WA-04

Hastings
Total raised: $1,511,000
Total spent: $1,214,000
CoH: $423,000

Baechler
Total raised: $13,000
Total spent: $16,000
CoH: -$3,000

WA-05

McMorris Rodgers
Total raised: $1,791,000
Total spent: $1,494,000
CoH: $797,000

Cowan
Total raised: $305,000
Total spent: $262,000
CoH: $43,000

WA-06

Kilmer
Total raised: $1,545,000
Total spent: $1,156,000
CoH: $387,000

Driscoll
Total raised: $1,574,000 ($1,000,000 from candidate)
Total spent: $894,000
CoH: $681,000

WA-07

McDermott
Total raised: $551,000
Total spent: $508,000
CoH: $61,000

Bemis
Total raised: $6,000
Total spent: $4,000
CoH: $2,000

WA-08

Reichert
Total raised: $1,574,000
Total spent: $1,350,000
CoH: $676,000

Porterfield
Total raised: $117,000 ($87,000 from candidate)
Total spent: $97,000
CoH: $20,000

WA-09

Smith
Total raised: FEC website keeps crashing. IDK.
Total spent:
CoH:

Postma
Total raised: $156,000 ($151,000 from candidate)
Total spent: $102,000
CoH: $50,000

WA-10

Heck
Total raised: $1,835,000 ($100,000 from candidate)
Total spent: $1,564,000
CoH: $354,000

Muri
Total raised: $224,000
Total spent: $214,000
CoH: $32,000

[Fuzzy]

I really don't get why McDermott needs half a million.  lol

[Meeker]

The folks in the safe seats raise money to send to the DCCC/NRCC who then send it to competitive districts.

[bgwah]

I guess that explains Driscoll...

[Grad Students are the Worst]

I think Driscoll is actually trying, because he can afford to try for no particular reason.

[bgwah]

Will the cop killer ads defeat Ferguson?

[Grad Students are the Worst]

New SUSA, conducted 10/15

Inslee 47% (-1)
McKenna 44% (+2)

Obama 54% (-2)
Romney 40% (+4)

Haven't seen results from the other issues, if they were polled

[Holmes]

WA-03

Herrera Beutler
Total raised: $1,568,000
Total spent: $1,208,000
CoH: $441,000

Haugen
Total raised: $0
Total spent: $0
CoH: $0

[Grad Students are the Worst]

Rasmussen, 10/13

Obama 55% (+3)
Romney 42% (+1)

Inslee 47% (+1)
McKenna 45% (nc)