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posted on
October 29th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

What The Heck Is Denny Thinking?

In every election year I see a few campaign commercials that leave me puzzled. The arguments made in those commercials seem so implausible that I hope none of my fellow voters respond to them ...

posted on
October 27th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

Vote tampering in Florida

Someone in Seattle is interfering with the election in Florida!? Registered Republicans in at least 14 Florida counties have received mailings questioning their citizenship and voter registration. ...

posted on
October 27th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

How Will Would-Be Legislators Vote On The Single Most Important Vote?

Here's a suggestion for journalists, here and elsewhere: Ask would-be legislators, people running to be congressmen, senators, and state legislators who, if they are elected, they will vote f ...

posted on
October 26th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

Open Thread Friday

In which you can say whatever you like about our elections, as long as you keep it family friendly....

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posted on
October 20th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

Gay-marriage proponent harrasses woman opposed and attacks bystander

A man attacked a woman who had anti-Referendum-74 signs on her car in a Safeway parking lot in Burien Sunday, October 14. He first tore a sign off her car and tore it up. When another woman got out ...

posted on
October 20th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

Welcome David Boze

KTTH 770 - TheTruth has announced that David Boze will take the helm next January of the morning 6AM to 9AM drive time show replacing national talk show host Glen Beck. Boze currently has limited a ...

posted on
October 19th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

What Rick Steves Doesn't Know About Prohibition

Yesterday, the travel writer was on John Carlson's show, plugging the latest effort to legalize marijuana in Washington state. (For almost all practical purposes, it is legal in Seattle.) Dur ...

posted on
October 18th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

Obama lead narrows to 5 in Washington

Public Policy Polling, which is left-leaning, now finds that Obama's lead over Mitt Romney in Washington State is only 5 per cent - 50-45 percent. The poll was taken before the second presidential ...

posted on
October 17th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

Suzan DelBene, Congressional Referee

When Suzan DelBene ran for Congress in 2010, I was charmed by the contrast between one of her TV ads and her platform. In the ad, she promised to cut her own pay until the federal budget was ...

posted on
October 16th, 2012
from
Sound Politics
based in
Seattle

2012 General Election Recommendations

What factors are considered in making a recommendation? 1. I know the candidate or have heard him or her speak in public 2. Opinion of knowledgeable friends 3. Endorsed by law enforcement 4. Endors ...