1. Mayoral endorsement mania continues: Southeast Seattle's 37th District Democrats went with a dual endorsement of Seattle City Council member Bruce Harrell and incumbent Mayor Mike McGinn last night.

Harrell, who trails in the latest polling, is doing well in south Seattle; over the weekend, the 11th District Democrats endorsed Harrell along with Peter Steinbrueck.

Meanwhile, in the 36th District (Ballard, Magnolia, Queen Anne, Fremont) the Democrats' executive board voted to recommend a sole endorsement of state Sen. Ed Murray (D-43, Capitol Hill) for mayor last night. The recommendation, which required a two-thirds vote, was a do-over after last month's dual recommendation for Murray and Seattle City Council member Tim Burgess; Burgess dropped out of the race last week.

The recommendation goes to a vote of the full body on Wednesday night where it requires a simple majority vote of the members.

2. Yesterday's Survey USA poll (McGinn 22, Steinbrueck 17, Murray 15, and Harrell 12) came with a few other details in the crosstabs: McGinn's support is young, liberal, less educated, and less affluent: Steinbreuck's support is older, slightly whiter, and liberal; Murray's support is affluent and educated; Harrell's support is black and moderate.

Also: McGinn has a 49 percent disapproval rating (37 percent approval).

3. Steinbrueck's campaign pulled a serious faux pas over the weekend, when—responding to the news that city council member Tim Burgess had pulled out of the race for mayor—their volunteer coordinator, Kathleen Anderson, sent out an email blast urging Steinbrueck backers to recruit former supporters of "Councilmember Tim Rasmussen" to join the campaign. (The name is a combination of Burgess' and his council colleague Tom Rasmussen.)

And lest you think the slipup was a one-time typo, the email refers to some version of "Councilmember Tim Rasmussen" four separate times.

4. With the state house and senate approximately a billion dollars apart on their budget proposals, it's looking less and less likely that the legislature will pass a transportation revenue package this year; instead, they may kick transportation funding (for projects including the Columbia River Crossing betweenVancouver and Portland and the Seattle side of the 520 bridge) back to voters in the form of a statewide referendum.

One consequence if legislators decide to ask citizens to decide whether they want to fund transportation is that King County Metro might be freed up to ask county voters whether they want to pay for transit in a separate referendum. Currently, King County Metro faces cuts of 17 percent, or $60 million, when a $20 vehicle license fee runs out next year.

5. And finally, back to the mayor's race for some cryptic advice from Fizz: Burgess as Fred Jarrett.