Ryan visit follows Obama choreography
The Republicans’ vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, is a trenchant critic of President Obama, but Ryan’s Monday visit to the Puget Sound area will follow the choreography of Obama’s recent...
View ArticleObama 16 pts. up in Washington, new poll
President Obama enjoys a whopping 54-38 percent lead in Washington state over Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according a KING-5 News poll released hours before a private fund-raising visit by...
View ArticleOn Libya/Egypt attacks, it’s Ryan vs. Romney
The vice presidential nominee usually takes the low road toward reaching the White House, but the 2012 Republican Romney-Ryan ticket on Wednesday saw an eye-popping reversal of roles. Mitt Romney...
View ArticleRyan in hot water for photo op at soup kitchen
The food had been served, the patrons were long gone, and the cutlery cleaned when Rep. Paul Ryan, his wife, three kids and photographers pulled up Saturday at a St. Vincent de Paul food kitchen in...
View ArticleRyan lampoons “war on women” charge
A bevy of Democratic campaign chiefs, including Washington Sen. Patty Murray, have charged that Republicans are waging a “war on women”, citing such evidence as coverage of contraception, abortion and...
View ArticleShe’s back!!! Sarah Palin to speak at CPAC
Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is getting a return ticket to the limelight she enjoys, a featured speaking gig at the upcoming annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., joining...
View ArticleSen. Murray and Rep. Ryan: Rival budgets, roaring differences
The federal budget proposals championed by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., the Republicans’ 2012 vice presidential nominee, are so far apart that the idea of a “grand bargain”...
View ArticleMurray, Ryan: New budget deal brings stability, will restore credibility
A new bipartisan budget agreement, hammered out with Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., as a lead negotiator, promises to end nearly three years of fiscal crises that have paralyzed Washington, D.C., provide...
View ArticleThe political winners of 2013
If 2013 were a fish, a lot of people would be tempted to throw it back into the water. The endless partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C., and wrangling that brought Washington state close to a...
View ArticleBudget deal set for Senate passage as Sen. Patty Murray urges more cooperation
The two-year bipartisan budget agreement, worked out by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, easily cleared a key hurdle in the U.S. Senate and appears assured of passage. The...
View ArticleFox News boss: ‘I want to elect the next president’
The unfolding scandal around New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is getting far less coverage on the Fox News Channel than other outlets, and Fox cut away from Christie’s Thursday press conference to resume...
View ArticleThe power team of Cantwell and Murray
A normally reserved Sen. Maria Cantwell was exchanging bear hugs with fishermen in Seattle on Friday, hours after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moved to stop a mammoth proposed mine near...
View ArticleHillary Clinton takes fire but leads all comers: National poll
Hillary Clinton has an overwhelming advantage for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, and a 7-9 point lead over each prospective Republican nominee, according to the latest national Quinnipiac...
View ArticleObama boosts innovation economy, the underpinnings of this Washington
President Obama delivered a nationwide State of the Union blueprint Tuesday night for what Washington state has mapped out as its path to 21st century prosperity, an emphasis on technological...
View ArticleThe prime of Sen. Patty Murray as she is feted in the D.C.
The longtime Seattle benchmark of having “arrived” is for an East Coast TV network or newspaper to take notice of a local attraction or personality that we long ago came to appreciate years ago. In...
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