It’s easy for people to make lists. And the internet loves lists. Unfortunately, when journalists do it – and call it analysis – the public is cheated. Such is the case of extreme laziness and … [Read more...]
Today’s big-spending liberals: Our Washington
Two weeks remain until election day, so votes are flowing in to county auditor offices around the state. To help you see who is trying to influence those votes, Shift has been reporting on where the … [Read more...]
Obama weighs in – for a “surprisingly unprepared” Democrat
You can tell they are getting pretty confident – or just bored - in the White House, when they start having the President make noise for first-time liberal state legislative candidates. Such is the … [Read more...]
Inslee Abuse Apology Watch – Day 3
Shift highlighted yesterday the fact that Jay Inslee had made a joke about school teachers abusing their students during his Monday debate with challenger Bill Bryant, and that the media (and the … [Read more...]
How do you vote – who won the governor’s debate?
The eyes of the nation may have been on the first presidential debate, but many in our state were also focused on the second Gubernatorial debate. Now we saw much of the same from Jay Inslee, … [Read more...]
Inslee extends summer – instead of working
The daily calendars of Jay Inslee never cease to amaze – if you want to see how someone does so little work and still gets paid for it. In the same week when it became public that the governor’s … [Read more...]
Democrat not telling truth – who would say that (besides other Democrats)?
The saga of the State Senate race in the First Legislative District is turning into quite a show. As Shift has reported, first the Democrat State Representative who lost in the primary ripped Democrat … [Read more...]
Friday Funny – Inslee panics! Or not!
One of the reasons that this year’s gubernatorial race has been so low-key is that the mainstream media doesn’t spend much time looking beyond Jay Inslee’s press releases, to actually let voters know … [Read more...]
Another Democrat legislator fleeing from Palumbo’s ship
The First Legislative District is home to one of the few competitive State Senate races this fall, due to the retirement of longtime incumbent Rosemary McAuliffe. As Shift reported last week, one … [Read more...]
AG Ferguson kicks off campaign…for Governor
Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who is cruising to re-election against a Libertarian opponent since no Republican filed to challenge him, has been all over the news this week in what is his apparent … [Read more...]
Campaigning on the public dime – Inslee style
Regular readers of Shift are aware of just how little time Jay Inslee spends on actual governing, since we try to report each week on his official schedule. In some recent weeks the amount of time … [Read more...]
GOP has legislative control in its sites – for first time since ‘98
One of the big stories which took shape while Shift was on a break last week was a clearer picture of the state primary election results. Among the details was which legislative districts will … [Read more...]