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A second look at Washington school rankings finds signs of statewide decay
February 11, 2011 – 8:38 am | No Comment

Last April, the Washington State Board of Education published its Public School Accountability Index, a measure of how the state’s 2,000-plus public K-12 schools are educating more than half a million children. Earlier this week, …

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Dow Constantine’s stealth vote gives “sanctuary” to illegal aliens in King County
November 10, 2009 – 9:02 am | No Comment
Dow Constantine’s stealth vote gives “sanctuary” to illegal aliens in King County

After months of accusing his opponent in the race for King County Executive, Susan Hutchison, of running a “stealth” campaign, County Executive-elect Dow Constantine and the King County Council performed a stealth maneuver of …

Obama’s New America: Laws are now “principles”
November 10, 2009 – 12:18 am | One Comment
Obama’s New America: Laws are now “principles”

Answering a question from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper Monday on the subject of the turnstile issue fouling up speedy passage of catastrophic healthcare legislation – funding for abortion – President …

Obama’s pandemic credibility gap grows on economic recovery promises
November 8, 2009 – 4:59 pm | One Comment
Obama’s pandemic credibility gap grows on economic recovery promises

On all counts, White House projections have been wildly off the mark, and the promises made for what the spending would accomplish have almost universally been unfulfilled. The Heritage Foundation’s blog threw even longer shadows on the promises made about TARP, that a plentiful garden of economic renewal would be the result of the largest banking bailout in US history.

Hutchison vs. Constantine: SurveyUSA/KING5 poll results are in
November 2, 2009 – 11:57 pm | No Comment
Hutchison vs. Constantine: SurveyUSA/KING5 poll  results are in

The Constantine campaign today is attempting to use the latest SurveyUSA poll – and the recent Washington Poll — in the same way the hawkers of weight loss miracles use before and after shots as “evidence” of cause and effect.

NY-23: GOP support for Scozzafava endangers fragile grass roots
October 22, 2009 – 9:00 am | One Comment
NY-23: GOP support for Scozzafava endangers fragile grass roots

No matter what the vote tally indicates on November 3rd, continued support for Scozzafava by establishment Republicans will send a chill through the ranks of only recently awakened conservative grass roots networks. Now is the time for Republican strategists to consider drawing up escape routes for Scozzafava’s withdrawal from the race or for the GOP to distance themselves from the candidate.

FactCheck: Publicola Wrong on Fundraising Claims for Reichert’s Challenger in WA-8
October 21, 2009 – 12:44 pm | No Comment
FactCheck: Publicola Wrong on Fundraising Claims for Reichert’s Challenger in WA-8

Rep. Dave Reichert’s challenge to retain his seat next year is going to be difficult enough without false information getting out before the campaign has even begun.
Last Friday, the local Democrat-supported Publicola blog published a …