David Postman reports in The Seattle Times this morning that President Bush sure is treating Washington state like a battleground state, even if history suggests it shouldn't be:
"President Bush lands in Seattle this afternoon to continue his fight against John Kerry, the polls, pundits and 20 years of history. A Republican hasn't won the presidential vote in Washington since 1984. Most GOP candidates since then hardly could be bothered to try. But Bush is running as if voters here swing like Count Basie. It's not just optimism. The president is following a carefully crafted plan to turn this piece of traditionally Democratic territory in the left-hand corner of the nation into one of the year's 17 or so swing states."
Bush is in Portland campaigning today, as is John Kerry. Times reporters Hal Bernton and Nick Perry will be tailing them for us, and we'll post their dispatches as soon as we have them.
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New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey resigned yesterday because he said he committed adultery by having an affair with another man. The other man threatened a lawsuit. Separately, there are all kinds of very Jerseyish allegations surrounding his administration and financial backers.
As a friend asked, would he have to resign if it were an affair with a woman?
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