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November 3, 2008 3:22 AM

Gregoire and Rossi's final ad pitches

Gov. Chris Gregoire and challenger Dino Rossi (and their allies) have spent the last several months beating each other up with millions in attack ads about sex offenders, tribal casinos, the minimum wage, stem cell research and taxes.

But as is common in the last days of a campaign, Rossi and Gregoire have released gentler ads that try to leave voters with a more positive impression as Election Day nears. These closing-statement ads show the candidates addressing the camera directly, over calming soundtracks of keyboard and acoustic guitar.

That's not to say the ads are one hundred percent positive. An election is an argument, after all.

In her spot, "Every Morning," Gregoire says, "My opponent would turn our state over to the wealthy and powerful special interests who put greed ahead of our families, our workers and our environment."

In Rossi's ad, "Economy," he says, "We've got some tough problems: a record budget deficit; traffic congestion; a stagnant economy. We have to change directions to get our economy back on track. Governor Gregoire has had her turn."

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Why do they keep calling it GOP? Seems it is this last administration that changed to the nickname GOP instead of calling out who they really are?... Posted on November 4, 2008 at 5:00 AM by webgarden. Jump to comment

webgarden and clarlynn, I think you make the point about people being too stupid, if you don't know what GOP means maybe you shouldn't be... Posted on November 4, 2008 at 11:49 AM by Bothsides. Jump to comment

There was a poll that came out that Rossi could run a couple percentage points higher if he ran as GOP. He thinks the voters are too stupid to... Posted on November 4, 2008 at 6:12 AM by clarlynn. Jump to comment

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