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U.S. Republican Party

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    Comment of the Day: Tongue in Ronulan Cheek

    Super Tuesday is upon us, and the Ron Paul supporters are out in full force. Before the Washington state caucuses this past weekend the Rep from Texas was not very happy with the local GOP leadership, and the Ronulans were not happy in our comment thread. Commenter Bill O'Really caught our eye howev ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Want to Found Out How to Vote for a Republican Saturday? Here Are Help

    What does it say about the Mitt/Rick/Ron/Newt bandwagon rolling into Washington for Saturday's caucuses when the state Republican Party welcomes visitors to its website with this greeting: "Do you want to defeat Obama? Contact your county party to found out how you can help!" Is it an ungrammatical ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Bet You $10,000 When Mitt Romney Comes To Seattle On March 1 He High-Tails It To the Eastside

    The last time Willard Mitt Romney was here about 50 Occupy Seattle protesters converged on his hotel, the Grand Hyatt. They carried signs that read, "This is class warfare," "Make Wall Street pay," and "Romney is the 1 percent." The party wouldn't have been complete without ribbing chants of "Corpor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Boundaries Unveiled for Washington's New Congressional District

    The lines have been drawn, putting most of Democrat-centric Thurston County, including Olympia, in Washington's new 10th Congressional District. U.S. Rep. Adam Smith's 9th district will, under the draft plan unveiled today, move northward, ranging from northeast Tacoma to Renton and encompassing Bel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2011

    Sen. Patty Murray and Rest of Failed Supercommittee Blame Everyone But Themselves

    ​It's both unfair and inaccurate to call the 12 members of the Congressional Supercommittee "total failures." They're not total failures. In fact, they are succeeding quite admirably in one regard.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Taxing Amazon Is the One Thing Democrats and Republicans Agree On

    America's two political parties agree on little to nothing. If Democrats tried to pass a Congressional resolution noting that the sky is in fact blue, Republicans would filibusterer, saying that it's actually the color of God. Fortunately, there is one thing both parties do agree on.

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Sen. Patty Murray and Rest of 'Supercommittee' Are About to Fail Miserably (UPDATE: Make That Have Failed Miserably)

    UPDATE: It's official, the Supercommittee has failed. Congress, it seems, no matter how it's sliced up, is and continues to be wholly ineffective at doing any fucking thing at all. More here.

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    Paul Allen's Seahawks Second in Division but First in NFL Contributions to U.S. Democrats

    Political footballer​It may be another season of mediocrity for the Seattle Seahawks, who have won just two of their five games so far. But they do lead the National Football League in political donations to Democratic causes, thanks to billionaire owner Paul Allen. The $36,000 he's given sinc ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 29, 2011

    Richard Lemieux

    Political footballer​It may be another season of mediocrity for the Seattle Seahawks, who have won just two of their five games so far. But they do lead the National Football League in political donations to Democratic causes, thanks to billionaire owner Paul Allen. The $36,000 he's given sinc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    Moxie Media Lawsuit Will Hit Courts Just in Time for 2012 Elections

    ​By this time next year, the 2012 elections will be in high gear. Glenn Beck will cry and shout, Chris Matthews will spit when he talks, and Keith Olbermann will have a new show on HBO where he's allowed to say "fuck" but won't. In Washington, where campaign scandals are drier than old beef je ... More >>

  • News

    December 22, 2010

    Return to Sender

    What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the Feds got off their duffs?

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Rob McKenna, Other AGs, Notch Win in Health Care Challenge, But the Court Fight Continues

    ​The third round in the legal challenge to Obamacare went to the Republicans today. A federal judge in Virginia, Bush appointee Henry E. Hudson, ruled that forcing Americans to buy health insurance exceeds the regulatory authority granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of the Constituti ... More >>

  • 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 10, 2010

    Analyzing the Election: Republicans Voted Early, Democrats Voted Late

    ​The standard meme of the 2010 election was that an enthusiasm gap existed between Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals. People who had never been involved in politics before joined Tea Parties, mad as hell over out-of-control governmental spending. Progressives were supposed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2010

    Control of Olympia Still Undecided As GOP Make Gains

    ​It was not just the U.S. House and Senate which were up for grabs this election. Over a hundred races for State House and Senate seats were up for grabs. Republicans have made a strong bid for power, deposing incumbent Democrats and snatching up seats. Speaking with WSRP Chair Luke Esser on ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2010

    Richard LeMieux

    ​It was not just the U.S. House and Senate which were up for grabs this election. Over a hundred races for State House and Senate seats were up for grabs. Republicans have made a strong bid for power, deposing incumbent Democrats and snatching up seats. Speaking with WSRP Chair Luke Esser on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    If Elections Were Decided By Facebook ...

    ​ ... there'd be a lot more Republicans in office. As candidates continue to cajole voters to turn out at the polls, a different popularity contest is just winding up. With the advent of Facebook and similar social networks, campaigns have tried to tap into American's use of the Internet to s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2010

    New York Times Picks Washington as Key to GOP Senate Takeover

    ​Nate Silver, the human political calculator for the New York Times and the blog FiveThirtyEight, is up with a post touting the Evergreen State as the "most important state of all" in terms of GOP chances for a Senate takeover. The numbers wonk ran thousands of simulations, in which a virtual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2010

    More Change? Already? No, Thanks

    Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​In 2008, the political atmosphere was about change. Voters wanted something new and the Obama For America campaign promised a political transforma ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    Richard LeMieux

    Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​In 2008, the political atmosphere was about change. Voters wanted something new and the Obama For America campaign promised a political transforma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2010

    Primary 2010: Spinning the D.C. Results

    ​Someone from the National Republican Congressional Committee office stayed up late last night trying to figure out how best to define the GOP's performance in the 2010 Washington state primary election yesterday, and came up with this:

  • News

    June 23, 2010

    How Rossi Tried to Brown Up the State

    A look back at his environmental votes.

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    The Tea Party's Nothing More Than Rage Against the Machine

    Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​"Kill the bill--n****r!", shouted the white Tea Partier to black congressman John Lewis. The bill, of course, was the health-care measure passed o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 17, 2010

    Richard LeMieux

    Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. Check back on Friday when he writes about what he's been listening to.​"Kill the bill--n****r!", shouted the white Tea Partier to black congressman John Lewis. The bill, of course, was the health-care measure passed o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2010

    Court Ruling on Felons Could Deprive Washington Republicans of Their Favorite Bugaboo

    If we can't demonize this guy, who can we?​The miscreant "felon voter" has been one of the GOP's favorite tropes in recent years. Yesterday's court ruling, however, could leave the party bereft. If it's now actually legal for felons to vote--even while in prison--what despised group can the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    The Other Side of the KVI Story, by Kirby Wilbur

    ​He got a jaw-dropping 50 percent raise he never asked for, then got sacked because his pay was too high, and his ratings too low - which he disputes. That's Kirby Wilbur's story, in a nutshell, about how the conservative talk show host got fired by KVI/Fisher Broadcasting. He wishes details ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    This Almost In: Patty Murray Wins Again

    ​"How do we educate people who hate us?" shouted someone from the audience at a Republican meeting in Aberdeen over the weekend. The question implies the GOP isn't screwed up, just misunderstood. Yet here was a crowd gathering to hear a candidate named Dr. Sean Salazar, an Edmonds chiropract ... More >>

  • News

    May 27, 2009

    Seahawks: Blue Jerseys, Red Politics

    Our football heroes remain true to the GOP.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Seahawks Still Support GOP

    The GOP is at its lowest point politically since the aftermath of Watergate, or so conventional wisdom goes. Erstwhile Republicans like Colin Powell, Meghan McCain and Arlen Specter have shed the party label like so much dry skin in order to polish their tarnished historical legacy, gain a little me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Long On The Sidelines, Candidate Nominations Are A New Experience For Major Parties

    The GOP is at its lowest point politically since the aftermath of Watergate, or so conventional wisdom goes. Erstwhile Republicans like Colin Powell, Meghan McCain and Arlen Specter have shed the party label like so much dry skin in order to polish their tarnished historical legacy, gain a little me ... More >>

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    GOP Goes Sharp Right

    A new state party chair has shaken up the way Republicans do business.

  • News

    May 3, 2006

    A GOP Debt Goes Away

    The state Republican Party has quietly eliminated a huge legal bill from contesting the election of Gov. Christine Gregoire.

  • News

    February 1, 2006

    Bus-Stop Smoking Ban

    Plus: Another congressional scandal to be ignored by "Ethics Committee Chairman" Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Pasco.

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Election Fever

    Washington Democrats are already excited about the 2006 election.

  • News

    October 19, 2005

    A Child of Scoop

    William Kristol talks about Bush, Plame, the state of the GOP, and the godfather of the neocons, Henry M. Jackson.

  • News

    June 15, 2005

    Blue City Conservatives

    Meet Seattle's biggest closet cases: the Republicans next door.

  • News

    June 1, 2005

    Donkeys 3, Elephants 1

    The Dems were ahead after the first week of the Wenatchee trial.

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    Election 2004, BlogWash, Media, University of Washington

    The Dems were ahead after the first week of the Wenatchee trial.

  • News

    May 18, 2005

    The Monkey Wrench Trial

    Dino Rossi's challenge of the 2004 election is on shaky legal ground. But if he prevails, watch litigation become an option in close races everywhere.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    The Do-Over Campaign

    The Republicans are executing postelection strategy perfectly, and the Democrats and Gov. Christine Gregoire are failing to respond.

  • News

    January 12, 2005

    Donkey Kong

    Democrats control state government, but the challenges facing Washington will severely test their ability to govern.

  • News

    January 5, 2005

    Retabulation 2004, Health Care, Business

    Democrats control state government, but the challenges facing Washington will severely test their ability to govern.

  • News

    December 29, 2004

    The Republicans Blow It

    The Democrats won the final recount for governor by playing the game better. Now the GOP's best and maybe only hope is litigation.

  • News

    October 27, 2004

    Armageddon for the GOP

    With seven days left, Dino Rossi and other Washington Republicans need a miracle.

  • Diversions

    September 8, 2004

    Elephant Men

    With seven days left, Dino Rossi and other Washington Republicans need a miracle.

  • News

    February 4, 2004

    Politics, Culture, and Religion

    With seven days left, Dino Rossi and other Washington Republicans need a miracle.

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    The GOPs Lean Slate

    Republicans plan to field just one strong candidate each for governor and Senate.

  • News

    August 9, 2000

    The poor communicator

    George Bush Junior's selling a kinder, gentler GOP. Will you buy it?

  • News

    October 13, 1999

    Republicans gum the bullet

    Even the GOP is scared of its own tax-cutting demon child—I-695.

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    The GOP forces a stalemate in the House, but some lucky bills might sneak by.

    Even the GOP is scared of its own tax-cutting demon child—I-695.

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