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Jim Camden at the Spokesman-Review mined his YouTube account for videos of Barack Obama's now infamous switch on campaign financing, while also noting John McCain's back flip on the off-shore oil drilling ban. ...
But despite the buzz surrounding Obama's change in tune, P-I columnist Joel Connelly says it won't affect a Blue outcome for Republicans in Washington state. ...
Yesterday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi told his longtime PAC beneficiary, the Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW), that he's not accepting special favors from anyone. Meanwhile, David Goldstein at Horse's Ass says the BIAW's latest ad is still a bit "over-the-top." ...
Rossi's opponent, Gov. Chris Gregoire, is heading to Illinois for a chat with Barack Obama and various other Democratic governors. Let the V.P. buzz and the EPA buzz continue. ...
Washington state balloteer Tim Eyman held a press conference yesterday to tell everyone he had turned in signatures for his new traffic congestion initiative. But nobody showed up to greet him. ...
In Oregon, Democrats continue to tear Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., a new one for his purchase of four rare golf clubs that set him back a cool $1.25 million. ...
Hammered: Jim Miller at Sound Politics lays into the The Seattle Times for what he says is biased coverage of the recently completed Briana Waters eco-terrorist trial. ...
Oiled?: Do Democrats like high gas prices? That's what the folks at NW Republican are saying. ...
Pissed: The Blue blogosphere in Idaho is livid about so-called "racist" remarks on a radio talk show last week. Everybody's talking about it. ...
Outgrown?: Tom Forbes of Pullman's conservative Palousitics blog makes his case that the state's Growth Management Act creates some unintended consequences for state residents. ...
Grown up: Is Greg Nickels a Wal-Mart award winner? Yes, he is. ...
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Posted Fri, Jun 20, 12:46 p.m. Inappropriate
Public Financing is Dead - Bury it.: Only Nixon could go to China they say, and maybe only Obama, one of the most liberal members of the Senate, could kill public campaign financing. At least, let's hope that's the outcome. Something like only 20-30% of taxpayers contribute to it by checking the box on their tax forms. That's not exactly a display of popularity. There's a tremendous conflict of interest in the government bankrolling the campaigns to choose the people who will run that government itself. Now that Obama has shown that public campaign financing is not The Peoples' last bastion of defense from Eeevil Republicans with dollar signs on their swollen vests, let's be done with it. Mister Campaign Finance Reform, John McCain, can complain all he wants about how unfair it is. That's what you get for putting your faith in government to micromanage campaigns.