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Friday, August 31, 2012

2012 If Rob McKenna Wants More Debates, Here's Another Possibility

Posted by Eli Sanders on Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 2:11 PM

Yesterday I noted that Republican candidate for governor Rob McKenna wants more debates. "We need more of these," he said at his debate with Democratic candidate Jay Inslee in Vancouver on Wednesday. "It's such a great opportunity."

Which is weird, because McKenna's campaign turned down multiple additional opportunities to debate Inslee before the November election. I mentioned two in yesterday's post. Today Matt Landers, spokesman for the Greater Seattle Business Association, adds one more:

Eli,

Regarding yesterday’s Slog post, if Rob McKenna is looking for another debate or forum, perhaps he’d like to reconsider his decline of the Candidate Forum being sponsored by the Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA), this region’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce. GSBA is holding its annual Candidate Forum on September 14 and invited Rob McKenna, offering a number of different dates, to be a participant in our Forum; however his staff replied that he would be out of town and unavailable on each of the suggested dates.

Landers notes Inslee did accept the invitation.

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Sure, except that Rob McKenna doesn't want more debates.

Posted by seatackled on August 31, 2012 at 2:36 PM

GET A JOB!!!!

Posted by tiktok on August 31, 2012 at 3:06 PM

You should know that McKenna has shown up for every single GSBA candidate forum in the past, during his multiple runs for Attorney General, and he's always presented himself there as a moderate republican and received a reasonably warm reception.

I guess this year he's running away from the gay vote, rather than courting it.

Posted by Reverse Polarity on August 31, 2012 at 5:55 PM