Governors have become cautious about pardons in recent years, and that was before the shooting of four Lakewood officers at the hands of a parolee from Arkansas.
Sure, it's good news for Dino Rossi that he came out on top in one recent survey, but the sample size was quite small. The real message from polling so far is about the tightness of the race.
The poll, taken last week amid tax protests and tax-paying day, shows soft support for boosting the sales tax to pay for health care and softer support for an income tax. No wonder Olympia politicians...