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Dino Rossi

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Can This Be The End Of Dino Rossi?

    ​Do three losses in six years a political obituary make? What does the future hold for Dino Rossi? Two weeks after losing his latest bid for U.S. Senate, the questions are easy to ask but harder to answer.

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Dino Rossi's Happy Ending: 'I Don't Need this Job...' He Said and the State Didn't Need Him

    ​In a way, Dino Rossi's campaign for U.S. Senator has worked out for everyone, Rossi included. "I don't need this job," he said when he announced his candidacy electronically, via video, and a majority of employers this week agreed they didn't need him, either. He has now conceded to the re-el ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Patty Murray and Dino Rossi Set to Bunker Down and Lawyer Up For Recount

    ​By 2 am on Wednesday morning, Democratic incumbent Sen. Patty Murray's lead over Republican challenger Dino Rossi stood at 14,005 votes, with 62.4 percent of precincts reporting. The lead is well over the 2,000 vote (or one half percentage point) threshold that would trigger an automatic reco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Patty Murray More Than Doubles Lead Over Dino Rossi

    ​What looked like an all but certain road to Recountville last night is now looking more and more like a solid Patty Murray victory in the race for Washington's U.S. Senate seat. The incumbent Democrat was up by 14,005 votes late last night, but a steady stream of King County support has pushe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Memorable Political Ads Worth Forgetting

    ​It's difficult to believe - as is most everything this political season - the state is suing only Moxie Media of Seattle for possibly misleading voters about an election campaign. It was Moxie's mystery ads that helped unseat incumbent Democrat state senator Jean Berkey of Everett - mystery b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    Rossi, Murray Locked in Dead Heat in Homestretch. Or Are They?

    ​After trailing incumbent Sen. Patty Murray in opinion polls by between 3 and 7 percentage points for the last few weeks, the latest Rasmussen poll has Republican challenger Dino Rossi ahead by the barest of margins. The results have been greeted with glee by the Rossi camp and the GOP in gene ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Dino Rossi Leads the Nation in Secret Donations with $4.5M

    ​We've all heard the rhetoric. "Anonymous donors are flooding the election with untraceable cash, subverting our democracy and buying votes." Whether anonymous donations are actually subverting democracy is debatable. What's not debatable is the fact that millions of dollars are indeed being h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Did a Biased Cameraman Hurt Dino Rossi's Chances During Last Night's Debate?

    ​Who won last night's Patty Murray-Dino Rossi debate? The conspiracy theorists, that's who. Talk radio host David Boze says he hasn't watched video of the debate yet, but he did publish a friend's observation that Murray seemed to be getting some favorable treatment from the cameraman. No, ser ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    Orly Taitz, Queen of the Birthers, Wants to Help Elect Dino Rossi

    ​In a post calling on Republican Senatorial leaders to start stumping for their fellow candidates, Dr. Orly Taitz Esquire, Queen of the Birthers and living proof that the titles of "Dr." and "Esquire" can have no real meaning, puts all of her Obama-citizenship-doubting crazy power behind Dino ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2010

    Dino Rossi Meets the Fashion Police

    ​ The last time I was at Showbox Sodo, it was to see Gwar, so Fashion First stood in sharp contrast. I was met by a line of sleekly-dressed women, huddled impatiently in the rain. One woman, obviously unaccustomed to venues like the Showbox, asked, "they're checking ID? That's strange."

  • News

    September 1, 2010

    Dino's Stimulus Wackage

    The spending he approved in 2003 looks a lot like the "boondoggles" he's criticizing now.

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Dino Rossi's Own Record of Stimulus Spending

    ​U.S. Senate hopeful Dino Rossi called the federal stimulus package (approved by incumbent Patty Murray) "a collection of wasteful earmarks and bailouts." But Rossi himself, when he was in the state Senate, put millions of dollars of government money into struggling businesses and job-creati ... More >>

  • News

    August 25, 2010

    Rossi Soft on Abortion? Not by the Record

    He's keeping mum on the subject now. But in the state Senate, he promoted what would have been a ban.

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Liberty Belle on Dino Rossi Endorsement: "Compromise is Essential"

    ​When Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi effectively gave Clint Didier and his endorsement prerequisites the finger last week, you might have thought Rossi's chances of luring his vanquished primary opponent's supporters over to his corner were in doubt. Then a handful of noted Washington ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Dino Rossi Tied With Patty Murray According to Weird Poll Numbers

    ​In last Tuesday's primary, Senator Patty Murray crushed her Republican opponent Dino Rossi in King County, getting nearly 60 percent of the vote to his 27 percent. A not-so-surprising result in a reliably liberal area. But now: weirdness. As a recent poll shows that Murray has no advantage ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Bizarrely Different Rules Govern Whether Candidates Can Attack Opponents in Voters' Guides

    ​With the primary over, U. S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi is sure to be polishing his attacks on incumbent Patty Murray. If experience is any guide, one forum he's probably thinking about is the voters' guide. How could this be? Last week, we reported on city prosecutor Ed McKenna's thwarted a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Is Dino Rossi Better Off Without Clint Didier's Endorsement?

    ​Ya know how people have been saying that the Republican party is eating itself from the inside out, what with its Tea Party bifurcation? Well we in Washington might have a front-row seat for how that stitch-ripping show will play out, as Tea Party favorite Clint Didier has now given Republica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Dino Rossi Isn't Leading the Charge Against Abortion, But His Record Says He Still Sides With Conservatives

    ​As Nina Shapiro reported this week, Dino Rossi has taken flack from Clint Didier and his supporters for not being anti-abortion enough. Rossi doesn't address the subject on the "Issues" page of his website. So to get a sense for how he might vote on the topic in D.C., we went once again to hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Primary 2010: Dino Rossi Cruises Into Second

    ​Turns out that the most recent polls were very nearly spot on. Not that anyone at Dino Rossi's primary night fete in Bellevue seemed worried about him being overtaken by some of the race's lesser knowns.

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2010

    Dino Rossi Trots Out Tired Stereotype to Blast Legitimate Marijuana Study

    ​Hey, did you hear the one about the stoner who got the munchies? Cuz if not, Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi would like to introduce you to that tired old stereotype.

  • News

    July 21, 2010

    What Would Dino Do About Banking?

    Rossi's record is mixed on financial regulation.

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2010

    Dino Rossi's Mixed Record on Bank Regulation

    ​Everybody hates big banks. That's why the banking reform bill passed by Congress last week is so popular. (It's also why a bar owner is offering free steak dinners to people who drop Chase.) So this week, in our effort to determine what kind of congressman Republican Senate-hopeful Dino Rossi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2010

    Dino Rossi's Law and Order Record: He Sought Harsher Punishments for Drunk Drivers and Child Molesters

    ​In honor of Barefoot Burglar Colton Harris-Moore's capture this weekend, we decided to look into U.S. Senate hopeful Dino Rossi's record in the state legislature on criminal justice issues as part of our ongoing mission to figure out just what kind of federal law-maker he would be based on hi ... More >>

  • News

    July 7, 2010

    Rossi's Way With the Jobless

    If you're out of work, Dino might not be your best friend.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2010

    Dino Rossi Voted to Cut State Unemployment and Welfare Eligibility

    ​For more than a month now the U.S. Senate has been unable to pass a bill that would allow people who lost their jobs in the recession to continue collecting unemployment for up to 99 weeks rather than the standard 46 weeks. According to Huffington Post, 1.2 million unemployed Americans have s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    Dino Rossi Voted to Roll Back Environmental Protections in State Senate

    ​Dino Rossi's campaign has remained vague or quiet as to Rossi's position on a host of issues. His campaign website still shows only his announcement video. His Facebook page dwells on poll numbers. Lucky for us he has a voting record. Rossi served in the state Senate from 1997 to 2003 when he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Dino Rossi Would Like to Advise You on Your Waterfront Home Purchase

    ​Republican Senatorial candidate Dino Rossi is making life much easier for the competition. First he said if elected he'd do away with earmarks, precisely the kind of pork that bolsters the resume of incumbent Patty Murray. Now, days after getting less votes than Sarah Palin-endorsed Tea Party ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2010

    Dino Rossi Was For Earmarks Before He Was Against Them

    All politicians love the taste of the other white meat, even if they're hesitant to admit it.​Republican Senatorial candidate Dino Rossi said recently that should he be elected he'd reject stimulus grants for Washington and work to eliminate federal earmarks for local projects. "It's the old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Dino Rossi Says He Doesn't Want Earmarks, Stimulus Grants or Power of Any Kind

    Rossi for the next five months.​Dino Rossi is playing the world's most cynical game. And he's not even good at it. When you're the guy who doesn't have any power you tell people if they decide to give you power you'd only use it for good. This is Rossi. Telling voters that if they send him to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Dino Rossi Clearly Has An Achilles Heel, and Its Name Is Immigration. Canadian Immigration.

    This photo has nothing to do with this blog post. I just can't believe Gary Coleman, and not this 82-year-old man, was the first "Kid From Left Field" co-star to kick the bucket.​Think Dino Rossi's going to tack to the center in his race to unseat powerful Patty Murray? Think again--the Dad i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2010

    In Light of Louisiana Spill, Will Dino Rossi Come Out Against His Big Oil Donors?

    FacebookWill Rossi go with the greens on offshore drilling, potentially pissing off big donors?​In announcing his campaign yesterday, Senate-hopeful Dino Rossi didn't talk about the Louisiana oil spill, which we learned today has surpassed the 1989 Exxon Valdez disaster in size. Nor does he of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    DinoRossi.com Still Looks Like the Website of a Businessman, Not a Politician

    This is what Rossi's website looks like, post-announcement.​UPDATE: And nevermind. Dino's "I'm running" video after the jump. Last night Dino Rossi Tweeted that at precisely 7 a.m. he'd be announcing something big on his website. And yet, when you go to DinoRossi.com, it's still just a basic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Dino Rossi vs. Patty Murray...and Sarah Palin

    Rossi, no ladies' man​When he makes his senatorial candidacy official tomorrow, Republican Dino Rossi will be trying to go where no man including him has been able to go in recent years - taking an office held by one of the state's vaunted female Democrats. He is so far polling well against S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Patty Murray and Dino Rossi Shared Some '04 Donors--What Will Those Double-Dippers Do Now?

    plumcreek.comWho's it gonna be this time, Rick?​Assuming former Republican Gov-wannabe Dino Rossi announces his intention to run for the U.S. Senate tomorrow, it won't be the first time he and Democratic incumbent Patty Murray have simultaneously vied for votes statewide. In 2004, both Murray ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2010

    Target Practice: Dino Rossi Tries to Endear Himself to Voters By Profiting Off of Foreclosures

    Rossi is also expected to give the keynote at next week's annual Knee-Dropping Orphans conference.​Target Practice is our daily aim at a hypocritical politician, worthless law or random nincompoop who deserves a bit of buckshot in the backside. Note to potential political candidates: if you w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Democrats Discover Dino Rossi's Firm Owes $20,000 in Taxes

    Running or not, Dino is already in the crosshairs.​Despite the fact that he's not even in the running at this point, possible Republican Senatorial candidate Dino Rossi is getting the full once-over from national Democrats. First the Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee set up the Dirty Dea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Tea Partiers Are 88 Percent White, 55 Percent Women and 100 Percent American

    See? Nothing but white chicks.​- A Quinnipac poll shows that Tea Party demographics are roughly equal to what you'd find at a Paul Anka concert. On a related note, Skip Berger just wrote a great defense of the protesters in which he drops lines like this: "Movements can be like Velcro, picking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2010

    Seattle Blogs: Why Dino Rossi Won't Challenge Senator Patty Murray

    Disgraced investor Michael Mastro, as some claim he appears in Dino Rossi's closet.​Today's blogs think it's naive to believe any candidate doesn't have skeletons in their closet. - Goldy at HorsesAss says that state Republicans "holding their breath in anticipation of two-time gubernatorial ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    The Real, Real Reason Dino Rossi Lost

    After the re-re-defeat of gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi in the Nov. 4 election, Republicans in the state are still clutching their knees while on the ground crying "Why? Why? Why?" Cheap Nancy Kerrigan jokes aside, the question is a good one for political geeks who are so inclined. An ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    A Note From Dino Rossi

      Republican Dino Rossi has been under the radar screen since losing his bid for election Nov. 4. After being in the middle of the maelstrom of statewide politics for nearly a year, there has been a nary word from the Sammamish businessman for nearly three weeks after conceding to Gov. Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2008

    Washington's Students Split Ticket in Mock Election

      Republican Dino Rossi has been under the radar screen since losing his bid for election Nov. 4. After being in the middle of the maelstrom of statewide politics for nearly a year, there has been a nary word from the Sammamish businessman for nearly three weeks after conceding to Gov. Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2008

    Rossi Apologists at the Seattle Times Even More Pathetic Than the Deposition

      Republican Dino Rossi has been under the radar screen since losing his bid for election Nov. 4. After being in the middle of the maelstrom of statewide politics for nearly a year, there has been a nary word from the Sammamish businessman for nearly three weeks after conceding to Gov. Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    Rossi's Deposition: Talk About Depressing

      Republican Dino Rossi has been under the radar screen since losing his bid for election Nov. 4. After being in the middle of the maelstrom of statewide politics for nearly a year, there has been a nary word from the Sammamish businessman for nearly three weeks after conceding to Gov. Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2008

    Judge Keeps 'Buildergate' Suit Alive, Slaps AG in the Face

      Republican Dino Rossi has been under the radar screen since losing his bid for election Nov. 4. After being in the middle of the maelstrom of statewide politics for nearly a year, there has been a nary word from the Sammamish businessman for nearly three weeks after conceding to Gov. Ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2008

    Fuse Files Ethics Complaint Against McKenna Over 'Buildergate'

      Republican Dino Rossi has been under the radar screen since losing his bid for election Nov. 4. After being in the middle of the maelstrom of statewide politics for nearly a year, there has been a nary word from the Sammamish businessman for nearly three weeks after conceding to Gov. Ch ... More >>

  • News

    October 22, 2008

    The 12 Days of Dino

    How I successfully modeled my life on the man who could be our next governor.

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2008

    The Daily Endorsement

    How I successfully modeled my life on the man who could be our next governor.

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2008

    Rossi Gets A Reprieve

    How I successfully modeled my life on the man who could be our next governor.

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