I don't like the "top two" primary, the "Prefers Party XXX" thing in the voter guide and on the ballots, and the transition to mail-in ballots in this state at all.

That said, the Democratic field in Washington state this year is NOT impressive. With the exception of Goldmark (LOVE Goldmark!), I'm not inspired. I like Gregoire a lot, but her campaign has blown. She had four years to prepare for this rematch and THIS is the best her people can do? Ladenberg and McKenna differ mostly on management style and philosophy, from what I can see, and Ladenberg isn't a man of the future. There is nothing that makes him stand out as a Democrat. (Furthermore, the AG position shouldn't be partisan, but that's another issue.) And I know that Burner gets a lot of net love, but again-- I'm not inspired. Politics is local. Obama FTW, but then I'm all over the map. Party loyalty? Not a driving motivation for me.

That being said, I really do hope Gregoire and Burner win. Rossi is a putz, and the Eastside needs to go blue.

And now having supported megaroad projects twice, the viaduct and the big failed propr 1., she's way out of touch with enviro liberal base.

She also goes around promoting her big achievementis makingthe state a good place for business -- hardly the change we need. Not even a demo. idea. I mean it's a good thing but totally fails to excite base or new voters etc.

Perhaps she should have been a stronger democrat then she wouldn't be in such trouble. but now it's too late. she has a race on her hands. If you can forgive her for wanting so many awful roads go ahead and donate etc.

Plus they seem prone to believing in unicorns - like that there is anything that can done to relieve congestion on the roads - and then voting for whatever candidate tells them the fairytale du jour they most want to believe.

And then there's the pervasive narcissistic flake factor, as in voting to act out your temper tantrum about the Sonics instead of picking the candidate who will help you get or keep your job and healthcare, buy or keep your house, and be able to send your kids to college.

Plus they seem prone to believing in unicorns - like that there is anything that can done to relieve congestion on the roads - and then voting for whatever candidate tells them the fairytale du jour they most want to believe.

And then there's the pervasive narcissistic flake factor, as in voting to act out your temper tantrum about the Sonics instead of picking the candidate who will help you get or keep your job and healthcare, buy or keep your house, and be able to send your kids to college.

Plus they seem prone to believing in unicorns - like that there is anything that can done to relieve congestion on the roads - and then voting for whatever candidate tells them the fairytale du jour they most want to believe.

And then there's the pervasive narcissistic flake factor, as in voting to act out your temper tantrum about the Sonics instead of picking the candidate who will help you get or keep your job and healthcare, buy or keep your house, and be able to send your kids to college.

Plus they seem prone to believing in unicorns - like that there is anything that can done to relieve congestion on the roads - and then voting for whatever candidate tells them the fairytale du jour they most want to believe.

And then there's the pervasive narcissistic flake factor, as in voting to act out your temper tantrum about the Sonics instead of picking the candidate who will help you get or keep your job and healthcare, buy or keep your house, and be able to send your kids to college.

I'm not thrilled with Gregoire - she just hasn't been an effective leader and hasn't accomplished much of anything that is important to me - but I am voting against Rossi. Better to have an ineffective leader than an effective leader who enacts policies against my interests.

I don't care about the CPL position, so I'm falling back on my "vote out the incumbant" philosophy. Besides, Sutherland seems prone to corruption to me.

Osgood is a freakin nutcase, and Sam Reed hasn't been terrible at his job. He doesn't really have a lot of decision-making power anyhow, most of it is in the hands of the law.

McKenna is awesome -- when he speaks on KUOW's Weekday I'm always pleased by how rational and fair he is. He is also very much bound by law. I don't want a partisan AG, and he has very much demonstrated that he is not partisan, unlike Ladenburg.

What, you thought that voters were undergoing an ideological conversion or something? Yeah, right.

Pay no attention to right-wing dildos like David Wright. Not all change is change for the better. Rossi's brand of governance would be the same crony capitalism and ideological clusterfuck in Olympia as the Bush administration has been in Washington DC.

I mean really, do you want wingnut fundies sitting on the Pharmacy Board? Do you want some Tim Eyman pave-it-over butt boy as your Secretary of Transportation?

You know you don't, unless you're David Wright, or John Bailo, or Lou Guzzo, or the wack jobs at Sound Politics.

Every public official who ever lived is going to piss everybody off a little bit at one time or another. Get over your petty snits and re-elect Gregoire. She's been damn good for this state, and with a Democratic administration in DC she'll be even better.

I get that. I also get that it's in the right wing's interests that people continue to vote on superficialities. How else could anybody consider Dino Rossi and his nice smile an acceptable choice for Governor?

Cool chart at 528 -- WA has by far the 2nd most extreme conservative and liberal population in the country right behind Oregon. Our convservatives are the 3rd most extreme in the nation behind Oregon and Tennessee.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/road-to-270-oregon.html

I won't vote for any republicans, but I am seriously considering punishing several democrats in the state leadership for their inaction on the sonics (no money from me this year...all went to Obama). I may write in a few "sonics" on my ballot.

Rossi is such a douchebag that gregoire will still get my vote, but I'm not impressed by her running of the government.