Morning Fizz
Only 498 Days to Go
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A) Will Inslee or McKenna draw a primary challenge from the more liberal/conservative wing of their respective parties? Is there a Clint Didier our there for Rob McKenna? A challenger from the left or right would force a primary battle neither one wants, forcing them to break from their respective "No, I'm the REAL moderate in this race" approach. [pullquote]"No, I'm the REAL moderate in this race."[/pullquote]
B) Will either candidate truly target Seattle for votes? The city is historically ignored by Republicans and assumed by Democrats but in the razor close loss by Rossi in 2004, he greatly over performed most Republicans in Seattle. In some city precincts Gregoire was as much as 20 percent plus lower than Kerry.
2. Gay Marriage came to NY! Fizz rejoices! Some in Washington state, a liberal petri dish in its own right that legalized abortion before Roe v. Wade, must be thinking we might be ready to take on this issue and reaching for their signature gathering clipboard.
On Election Day 2012, Washington will have Obama and likely marijuana legalization on the ballot....gay marriage would make it the liberal Super Bowl and could drive up Democrat turnout. The Republicans used gay marriage bans to the same effect in 2004.
3. And Josh and/or Erica can't let go. (Go on vacation you guys! I'm in control here .) One of them forwarded me a couple of Fizz items (at 1:10 AM?) First, state Rep. Roger Goodman (D-45, Kirkland) is announcing he's running for U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee's seat. Join the crowd. Also in the mix: Former state legislator Laura Ruderman and current state Rep. Marko Liaas (D-21, Edmonds).
Also Sensible Seattle, the pro-pot group that's pushing a marijuana decriminalization initiative—which is different from the legalization initiative announced last week —says they are going with paid signature gatherers—"offering to pay $0.10 for valid signatures collected," a press statement says.
4. Your guest host is correct. I can't let go. Josh here for one more item.
Given the embarrassing bust the Washington Post published on yesterday's front page about President Obama (raising the question of whether the green companies Obama's been hyping are real industry leaders or just big Obama donors?), I had to check in on Targeted Growth, Inc., the South Lake Union biotech company where U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee is making his big announcement this morning.
The Democrats pretty much all use the same play book from president to Congressman, so I checked to see if the company was a big Inslee donor.
Nope. According to Federal Elections Commission records, a few folks from Targeted Growth have contributed to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, and former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), but my initial check didn't turn up any donations from the company or its employees to Inslee.
A) Will Inslee or McKenna draw a primary challenge from the more liberal/conservative wing of their respective parties? Is there a Clint Didier our there for Rob McKenna? A challenger from the left or right would force a primary battle neither one wants, forcing them to break from their respective "No, I'm the REAL moderate in this race" approach. [pullquote]"No, I'm the REAL moderate in this race."[/pullquote]
B) Will either candidate truly target Seattle for votes? The city is historically ignored by Republicans and assumed by Democrats but in the razor close loss by Rossi in 2004, he greatly over performed most Republicans in Seattle. In some city precincts Gregoire was as much as 20 percent plus lower than Kerry.
2. Gay Marriage came to NY! Fizz rejoices! Some in Washington state, a liberal petri dish in its own right that legalized abortion before Roe v. Wade, must be thinking we might be ready to take on this issue and reaching for their signature gathering clipboard.
On Election Day 2012, Washington will have Obama and likely marijuana legalization on the ballot....gay marriage would make it the liberal Super Bowl and could drive up Democrat turnout. The Republicans used gay marriage bans to the same effect in 2004.
3. And Josh and/or Erica can't let go. (Go on vacation you guys! I'm in control here .) One of them forwarded me a couple of Fizz items (at 1:10 AM?) First, state Rep. Roger Goodman (D-45, Kirkland) is announcing he's running for U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee's seat. Join the crowd. Also in the mix: Former state legislator Laura Ruderman and current state Rep. Marko Liaas (D-21, Edmonds).
Also Sensible Seattle, the pro-pot group that's pushing a marijuana decriminalization initiative—which is different from the legalization initiative announced last week —says they are going with paid signature gatherers—"offering to pay $0.10 for valid signatures collected," a press statement says.
4. Your guest host is correct. I can't let go. Josh here for one more item.
Given the embarrassing bust the Washington Post published on yesterday's front page about President Obama (raising the question of whether the green companies Obama's been hyping are real industry leaders or just big Obama donors?), I had to check in on Targeted Growth, Inc., the South Lake Union biotech company where U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee is making his big announcement this morning.
The Democrats pretty much all use the same play book from president to Congressman, so I checked to see if the company was a big Inslee donor.
Nope. According to Federal Elections Commission records, a few folks from Targeted Growth have contributed to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, 2004 Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, and former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND), but my initial check didn't turn up any donations from the company or its employees to Inslee.
