In the not counting chickens before their not hatched department:
According to KIRO's Web site, Congressional candidate Dave Ross is on leave for "the rest of the summer and we look forward to his return."
Our vote count software hasn't been reviewed or approved by the federal government, Keith Ervin reports.
David Postman details how the parties lay political traps for one another in the Legislature. Dino Rossi is currently suffering the consequences, accused in Democratic mailers of being against breast and cervical cancer research, even though he lost his mom to the disease and has a sister fighting it. In truth, he's also been a supporter of research dollars. He was set up by Democrats in a legislative committee. This is the problem with being a legislator. Sen. John Kerry is facing the same problem, like when he voted against a huge Pentagon budget because he didn't like the priorities set forth, and now he gets accused of opposing weapons systems he never actually opposed (except when the Pentagon itself also opposed them.)
Payback time for the unions. The Service Employees International Union and other unions that backed Alice Woldt against Helen "How could you?" Sommers, the powerful incumbent Democratic state legislator, could face some retribution in the coming legislative session, Andrew Garber reports.
A new poll has Christine Gregoire beating Dino Rossi by a slim margin, 49-43. Some undecideds up for grabs there, and the poll had a fairly small sample.
An Everett Herald poll also has Gregoire up 49-43, beating Rossi among women and independents.
National
The Bush campaign is using some Republican National Committee money to do advertising, as the law apparently allows. Kerry hasn't been doing this.
Conclusion: Republicans are smarter?
AP: "President Bush's political team is orchestrating a vastly larger advertising campaign than thought possible under federal law, taking control of millions in Republican Party funds simply by inserting the phrase 'our leaders in Congress' in some commercials. The GOP strategy had gone unnoticed for weeks by rival John Kerry and the Democrats. Ken Mehlman, Bush's campaign manager, said federal election law allows the campaign access to party money 'provided that your message is broader than the individual candidate and includes a discussion of the overall agenda and the message of the party.' The Republican National Committee (RNC) has $93 million on hand."
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