I Have a Hard Time Seeing This....

....but would the conservative segment of the Washington State GOP really consider running a strong primary against "RINO" Rob McKenna come 2012?

The Democrats I talk to all say that McKenna is the biggest threat when it comes to the idea of a Republican taking the Governor's mansion, and if you put him side-by-side with any of the Democratic contenders (Inslee, Brown, Hunter?, Marr?), I think he's at least competitive. He's got a better resume than Dino Rossi did.

I also don't understand the general mood of the GOP being "dead" here in Washington. They just took away a long-time Democratic seat in the 16th LD (Bill Grant's old spot), they've got competitive races coming up next November (John Driscoll in the 6th being one), they've got a bit of a national tide on their side....sure, it'll be hard work, but why so much sturm un drang?

Horse's Ass take: political satire. Maybe?

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Maybe Not the Point They Were Trying to Make

Over at Red County they've got a post up criticizing the Department of Revenue for their recent report showing that Washington has the 26th highest level of taxation in the nation. Their beef was with releasing the report during the height of the campaign around I-1033, but the take-home message I get from their research is that in the last 4 years the level of taxation has been 29th, 28th, 26th, and 37th.

Overtaxed? Maybe. But compared to the mean? Not so bad.

More here from the Washington Policy Center.

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Uh-huh

Red County King County on the most recent Dow Constantine/Susan Hutchison spat:

It is the WPC’s prerogative, not the opposition’s, to clarify its own language. We, as a society, have already begun to lose touch with the importance of language, a slippery slope of diminished value from our interpersonal communications that is hastened when politicians take liberty to twist words that are not their own. The term “socialist,” when used in a specific context, is as inflammatory when directed at liberal Democrats as when conservative Republicans are labeled “fascists.” Words often have multiple definitions and as Ennis clarifies, the context in which the WPC’s Policy Guide uses the term is academic and benign. It was used– in Ennis’s words – to “describe a benefit to society, not a political ideology.”

Headline from Red County from October 1st for an article also written by Bryan Myrick:

President Holly Golightly Heads to Copenhagen

Intentions are a funny thing, aren't they?

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