Dino Rossi, the Republican candidate for governor, recently proposed a comprehensive transportation plan in an attempt to contrast himself with Gov. Christine Gregoire … in a “I can do a better job” sort of way, citing a recent report by the state Department of Transportation that says Washington lost $624 million due to traffic delays. 
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Not many people know more about sign babysitting than Bill Jemkins.
Jemkins sat next to me on the bus from Tacoma to Vancouver and the first thing I noticed was his Teamsters International Brotherhood jacket and his Barack Obama pin. He’s been working with campaigns for the last 14 years, for politicians such as Senators Marie […]

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An estimated 250 people- on a weekday- turned up at Gregoire’s Spokane speech at the Washington State University south facility, 30 minutes ago.
“What’s all this out of control spending Dino Rossi is talking about?” Senator Chris Marr said in part of his introduction. “I could have asked him myself if he would have bothered to […]

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“Do you notice how she’s always drawn to the children?” Tracy Prazo of the State Association of Electrical Workers asked. Her face was inches from the bus window, as she peered down at Gov. Christine Gregoire walking toward a small group of longshoremen.
Behind the governor was a 120-foot-long wind turbine blade passing through the Port […]

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Many of the same themes were mentioned today in Gov. Christine Gregoire’s Yakima speech- Washington ranked 5th in Forbes Magazine’s best state to do business, her mother’s hard-work attitude, first-man Mike’s work with veterans- with one apparent difference.
She didn’t make any references to Republican Dino Rossi.
Yesterday at the Firefighter’s Hall in Vancouver, Gregoire said to […]

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The Seattle P-I reports that Republican challenger Dino Rossi is already taking jabs at Gov. Christine Gregoire.
Rossi issued a press release just as Gregoire was leaving Auburn yesterday, calling in to question the $4.6 million raised by the governor.
Republican challenger Dino Rossi, who has raised more than $3.5 million to date, used the occasion to […]

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Earlier in the week, I joked about initiating a sing-along on Gregoire’s 08′ tour bus. Gregoire beat me to it:

She also offered a bottle of wine to the person who sang the best rendition of “Louie Louie.” One woman held up her cell phone ring to the mic and was promptly rewarded.

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When we last fully experienced the ongoing contest between Gov. Christine Gregoire and Republican Dino Rossi, it was November 2004 and Gregoire trailed by a meager 261 votes. Lawsuits, hand counts and over six months of legal dispute lead the Supreme Court to declare Gregoire the governor by the closest margin in the state’s history- […]

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The latest Rassmussen reports show that Gov. Christine Gregoire is holding an insignificant lead over Republican Dino Rossi.
The telephone survey of Washington voters shows Gregoire at 47% to Rossi’s 46%.
“The numbers were reversed last month, when Rossi had a one point lead in the match-up. Four years ago, the 2004 election between the same two […]

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Dino Rossi is not happy.
Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire is in the midst of a 20-day period in which she signs bills and the state budget into law. While she says her campaign is not soliciting donations during this period, it is not necessarily rejecting them, either.
Gregoire can accept contributions during this time because lawmakers eliminated […]

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