After two-thirds of CBS News anchor Katie Couric's interview with Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin have aired, one thing is clear: Couric was determined to take Palin to task, and Palin wasn't expecting it.
Is the Gregoire candidacy growing weak? Not surprisingly, that's what local conservative pundit Eric Earling thinks. But you know things aren't going well for the Democratic governor when someone at the Stranger says Gregoire is running a "lackluster, defensive campaign." ...
In the aftermath of their 100th loss Wednesday night, Sept. 24, many of the Seattle Mariners players were about as talkative as the Republican (or "GOP," as we seem to prefer here in Washington) veep nominee, Vanna White.
The other night, a woman announced to the dinner table that she'd been into her branch of Washington Mutual and that everything seemed normal. It was as if she'd taken a stroll outside the gates of Baghdad's Green Zone and hadn't heard gunfire. That constitutes the good news, I suppose, for the Seattle-based bank which is in so much trouble. Unlike some other banks, WaMu is still kicking and apparent calm, instead of panic, in its bank lobbies is about all it can ask.
The state House speaker finally goes public with a dramatic idea for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct on Seattle's waterfront. It involves a long, block-wide structure with a highway within, commercial development below, and an intriguing park on top.