Slog - Comments on Washington Doesn't Matter? http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter There's been lots of talk (including from the likes of me) about how Washington State is unlikely to matter much in the process of picking a Democratic nominee, except as a place for candidates to round up big donations. Included in the evidence of this: No candidate has opened a campaign office here. Until now. A well-placed source tells me that this week, Barack Obama will become the first presidential candidate to open a field office in Washington State. What does this mean? Maybe it's the Obama campaign's way of getting a jump on organizing for the the Washington Democratic... Copyright 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:25:46 -0800 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:55:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by scratch that I'm positive The Stranger News Dept. would make a sufficient Democratic campaign office. Oh wait, that would mean that we might have to get involved as opposed to being commentators. Who do 'we' endorse anyway? Are we joining the waffling tradition in the meantime? Long live the Clintonian buffoonery!

]]> scratch that http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875788 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875788 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:44:32 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Of course silly Washingtonians matter, they are happy to part with their money.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875795 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875795 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:50:46 -0800 Comment by burnout Can't the Dems outsource some campaigning duties to the poor Darfurians?

]]> burnout http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875803 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875803 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:57:53 -0800 Comment by max solomon i keep telling my women that their votes don't matter but they get offended for some reason...

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875850 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875850 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:39:09 -0800 Comment by Gitai For the Dems, I don't think we do matter. But if different GOP candidates win in Iowa and New Hampshire, or the same one wins in both but loses in South Carolina, I believe we'll see an awful lot of GOP staffers flooding the streets of Eastern Washington.

I know that my voice in particular won't matter for picking the Dem candidate though, because after the way I was treated at the '04 caucus, I have zero interest in attending in '08.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875860 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875860 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:48:08 -0800 Comment by Just Me @4, Mike Huckabee would just bitch lap your women for being offended. They need to learn their place in the eyes of the lord!

]]> Just Me http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875865 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875865 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:51:22 -0800 Comment by Gabe Global Or maybe it's easier to raise money if you have an office astablished.

]]> Gabe Global http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c875872 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:56:47 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle I welcome Sen Obama to Seattle!

Here that sound, Republicants?

It is the sound of ... inevitability.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c876182 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c876182 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:56:57 -0800 Comment by unPC 1. YOUR voice won't matter if you don't go to your Democratic caucus on 2/9.

Know where it is?

2. Obviously Washington State doesn't matter. One campaign office, woo-hoo.

Many Dem canidates have visited all 99 counties in iowa by now. About 2/3 of likely caucus goers there say they have met the candidates!

]]> unPC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c876196 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c876196 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:00:54 -0800 Comment by josh Isn't it odd that he doesn't already have one? I swear that Dean's office was open well before the end of 2003. Then again, we saw what happened there.

]]> josh http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c876536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c876536 2008 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:57:31 -0800 Comment by Jon Morgan If you want to talk about not mattering, look at the fact that 572,000 District of Columbia residents (more than Wyoming has and almost as many as Vermont) are tax-paying US citizens who have no vote in Congress. WA doesn't matter in the primaries and caucuses...neither do 46 other states, or the District of Columbia. At least we get representation for our taxation instead of getting slapped around as Congress' bitch.

]]> Jon Morgan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c877838 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c877838 2008 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:31:19 -0800 Comment by Jon Morgan WA didn't have to fight to get a state quarter. DC did--for 10 years. Our municipal budgets don't have to be approved by Congress, nor do we get school vouchers foisted on us or our medical marijuana or domestic partnership laws blocked by right-wing Southerners.

]]> Jon Morgan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c878791 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/12/washington_doesnt_matter#c878791 2008 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:55:59 -0800