Flip Flop Fun: In the Washington's third congressional district, Republican Jaime Herrera has clarified her position: she loves social security. Loves. It.

Then why did she hold up a "yes" placard after being asked if she favored shifting social security to private accounts? Because, she explains now, she didn't understand the question.

Her Democratic opponent Denny Heck's campaign points out that she didn't clarify her position for four months.

The Olympian has the story.

The Prodigal Son: The P-I's Strange Bedfellows blog has the latest speculation on former Gov. Gary Locke's job security as Commerce Secretary: He might be on the way out. His potential new job? Coming home to Washington to be President of the University of Washington.

Contract—err, Pledge—to America: In a national move today, the GOP announced their new manifesto. Eastern Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA, 5) got to share the spotlight, via the Spokesman Review.

Rejected: The Tacoma News Tribune endorsed against Initiative 1053, the measure that would return the supermajority requirement for increasing taxes. The TNT ed board says the legislature needs to be "nimble" in the face of social services cuts in the state budget.