1) At the PI.com's Strange Bedfellows Blog, Joel Connelly argues that it's time for President Obama to pick a fight . Meanwhile, I can't resist linking this piece by vocal (and controversial) Hillary supporter Violet Socks, who says, in effect, I told you so.

2) Strange Bedfellows also reports on a failed effort by Republican King County Council member Reagan Dunn to reduce public health money to pay for sheriff's deputies.

3) The News Tribune's Political Buzz blog reports that the state Farm Bureau is suing to stop the state from increasing the minimum wage to $8.67 an hour.

4) On his blog, city council member Tim Burgess offers his city budget highlights .

5) State Sen. Margarita Prentice tells the Seattle Times' Politics Northwest blog she is stepping down from her position as Ways and Means chair, one of the most powerful positions in the senate.

6) Capitol Hill Seattle has some inside perspectives on the potential grocery workers' strike.

7) The PI.com's Transportation Watch blog has the scoop on why the state's new ferry leans to one side.

8 ) Despite her 2-1 loss to state Sen. Joe McDermott, "nonpartisan" Diana Toledo vows to try again for King County Council seat, the Seattle Times' Politics Northwest blog reports.