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Rossi's confidence that he can break his seven-race winless streak is tempered by greater realism

"Last year in China we weren't quite able to win, but this year our bike is working very well and, together with our tire package, I think we should be fighting for the victory," said Rossi. "I hope that Shanghai is going to be the place where it finally all comes together."

You can watch him race Sunday at Mulleady's in Interbay or Smarty Pants in Georgetown on Wednesday night, btw.

Rossi is a snake-oil salesman of the worst type, he has no real policy beyond a desire to create an environment in which he and his cronies can milk the state budget for their own profit.

Rossi is about the only actor on the transportation scene who makes ECB look reasonable by comparison.

Unfortunately, there is real evidence that promising people something for nothing, something you can't possibly deliver, is a winning strategy.

I voted for Gregoire the first time, but I am on the fence this time. You bash Rossi as though Gregoire has done any better during her reign as mayor. She has done nothing for the 4 years she has been in office, traffic is worse, the economy is worse. Under Gregoire, a 9 1/2 cent gas tax was added for the viaduct, the 520, and roads in general, and nothing has been done.

Why does the Stranger even create an endorsement issue, when we just know you will always endorse the democrats. Give independent voters like myself a little more respect. Not everything depends on the gay vote.

Red Bushies like Rossi always forget to stop lying.

That's their problem.

Want a gas tax cut so oil firms can rake in excess profits (Econ 101)? Clinton and McCain will give you one - and the money will stay in the oil barons pockets, as it always does.

(caveat - I own direct shares and mutual funds in oil and other energy companies)

(oh and if you want poll numbers, look at the front page, above the fold, of the Wall Street Journal today - "Support for Republicans Falls, but Race for President is Tight")

Nobody wants Red Bushies anymore.

@5 Gregroire is the Governor of Washington State not the mayor of anything. You've got to get the facts straight to make a persuasive argument.

C'mon folks, you're just not thinking "outside the box" far enough to get Rossi's genius.

You see, ALL of the items on his agenda COULD be built, and for the amounts indicated - if we just use non-union and immigrant labor, purchase substandard materials, and eliminate the expensive and time-conumsing process of bidding out the jobs.

When you factor in things like those - and why would anyone figure that a red-blooded GOPer like Rossi HASN'T? - then the numbers make complete sense.

Honestly at this point I don't give a sh!t how it gets done, but we NEED additional lanes up and down I-405 and across 520 from Interstate to Interstate.

At this point I just want the crap done. Make it happen. Scrap any other transit plan until those places get addressed first. They are the worst bottlenecks in the region. No extra busses, no BS about light rail cutting across or taking up valuable time/money/design to get done.

Just give me 200 more lane miles between Renton, Kirkland and over to Montlake.

Enough.

RC @ 10-- what are you talking about? I drive 405 and 520 regularly and have never encountered any congestion. Period. My secret? I don't drive them during rush hour. I use them during the 16+ hours of the day when they are free-flowing.

Before we go charging ahead on such new lanes, we should all remember that they will be added merely to accommodate rush-hour commuters, most of them in SOVs. I hope someone (not Rossi!) figures out the cost-per-motorist-served of these added lanes -- I expect the numbers will make light rail look cheap.

It's easy - just pay 1950 wages.