1. Could there be a more boring issue?

Posted by: John Bailo on September 23, 2008 06:40 PM

2. Fantastic!!

Posted by: Don on September 23, 2008 06:55 PM

3. If I was at a bar I'd buy her a vinegar and
water, assuming she had her ID and could get in.

Posted by: mark on September 23, 2008 06:57 PM

4. It is about time. Rossi makes his case and then uses Gregoire's own words against her. Brilliant! She must feel just like NObama and his choice of Biden. "I wonder if I can have a do-over."

Posted by: Silkworm on September 23, 2008 07:47 PM

5. YES! Finally he called the bitch what she is - a LIAR!

Posted by: pbj on September 23, 2008 07:49 PM

6. With the availability of so many means of communicating with and to the public, the Truth has a greater chance of survival. That being said....Gregoire will loose the election.

Posted by: Daniel on September 23, 2008 07:54 PM

7. I think this is the ad that puts things out of reach for re-election.

It's 6-weeks, but for some reason she thought she needed to change the subject away from real state issues. Fortunately for us she walked right into her own trap.

Posted by: Editor on September 23, 2008 07:59 PM

8. At first I was a little hot that Dino had been dragged into this. Stem cell research is not an issue he should be pounding her on and I was apprehensive to see any money spent on ads such as this.

After seeing it, I'm glad they made out the liar and empty promises she perpetuates.

That being said, I hope it is done. Move onto the issues that every naysayer is complaining he doesn't address, stick it to them and let's win this thing.

Don't let the stem cell research issue derail Dino's campaign like Palin derailed Obama's.

Focus on the real issues facing the state.

Posted by: Chris on September 23, 2008 08:13 PM

9. Effective ad. Now if Dino can carry that effectiveness into the future debates and keep standing - don't sit. She will have to say George W Bush at least 3 more times in each debate to make up for this ad.

Posted by: KS on September 23, 2008 08:24 PM

10. The thing is, neither one should be wanting to governmentally fund ESCR or even ASCR. It's corporate welfare!!!!! I always find it so amusing how Democrats will cry "corporate welfare" all the time at Republicans in cases where there's private companies getting military contracts and NASA contracts, yet when it comes to funding all forms of stem cell research, suddenly this is something that MUST be done. What crap. Anyone with half a brain knows that whatever biotech or pharmaceutical figures out how to get that stuff working effectively will make billions off it and is therefore interested enough to fund it all by their little lonesome.

GRRRR.

I'm actually disappointed in Dino.

Posted by: ferrous on September 24, 2008 02:14 AM

11. It's about time!

Posted by: Petegoud on September 24, 2008 05:55 AM

12. ferrous -

Neither Rossi (nor Gregoire for that matter) is actually proposing any additional funding for stem cell research of any kind. He's only responding to her erroneously vague statement that he "opposes stem cell research," which he doesn't.

Posted by: Eric Earling on September 24, 2008 06:32 AM

13. The problem with this is that by throwing out a monstrous lie, Gregoire has been able to control the dialogue and divert attention away from her record- just as she did in the debate.

Rossi is having to spend money debunking lies instead of laying down plans that contrast himself with Gregoire- ie fixing schools, getting responsible about how we spend money fixing the environment (norm dicks son....).

Rossi had better get on the offensive on real issues or Gregoire's mud slinging may be enough to muddy the water to a 50.0000000000000001% again.

Posted by: Andy on September 24, 2008 08:35 AM

14. Gregoire has been able to control the dialogue and divert attention away from her record

Not really. No one is really talking about stem cell research as a serious issue in the campaign. The only attention she's garnered with this is negative. This only puts more light on her lack accomplishments in office.

Posted by: Palouse on September 24, 2008 08:43 AM

15. While all true, and there is no doubting Chrissy is a liar, associating her lying about stem cell research is not going to really matter. Joe Sixpack could give a rat's A@@ about stem cell research. It is a corner case that affects very few people in their everyday lives. Don't get me wrong, as Al Davis of the Raiders would say "I want to see the governor go down, and go down hard". But focusing on stem cell research as one of her weakness won't get much traction amongst the majority of the voters. They just don't care. Now, tell them about how she's managed to make people worse off than four years ago (and not Bush)? That will resonate. This won't, regardless of how accurate it is.

Posted by: Dave on September 24, 2008 11:19 AM

16. Rossi isn't running ads rebutting stem cell because Gregoire is talking about her record.

What Rossi needs to be running ads on is schools, roads, budget, and.... the environment, not Gregoire's lies.

I say the environment because that's the human shield she is REALLY going to run with, and Rossi's campaign has been weak on it and the windmill farm (however stupid) is the one thing Gregoire has actually done- and she'll make it sound like "that's just the down payment on our investment into a new economy based on green energy and green collar jobs while Rossi just talks about laying asphalt funded by cutting childrens health insurance."

Democrats may be inept at running state government, but they are great at spinning.

Posted by: Andy on September 24, 2008 01:12 PM

17. He's only responding to her erroneously vague statement that he "opposes stem cell research," which he doesn't.

Not very effectively, I'm afraid. Stating that her ads are about him "deceptive... OK... now tell them HOW she lied and then tell them the TRUTH about your position.

The ad just misses... perhaps by the constraints of time, but this add is equally "vague".

Posted by: Ragnar Danneskjold on September 24, 2008 01:31 PM

18. I agree with Ragnar. This IS to vague. Even though he doesn't say he supports government funding of stem-cell research, it gives the impression that he does, when he criticizes her for breaking her promise to increase state funding of it.

There are at least 4 actual sub-categories of positions to this issue of which both candidates seem to purposely avoid one or more when criticizing their opponent or stating their own position:

1. Supporting state funding of stem-cell research
2. Opposing state funding of stem-cell research
3. Supporting the legality of all stem-cell research, including the kind that uses and destroys embryos (tiny babies).
4. Supporting the legality of stem-cell research that doesn't use or destroy embryos.

Gregoire has two ads on the subject. The one with the man with Parkinson's actually states the distinction of embryonic stem-cell research and rightly says that Dino opposes it. I gave Gregoire credit for that, and I actually called it a "pro-Dino ad". In the other one with the woman speaking of her son, Gregoire chooses the vague approach and misleads with the claim that he opposes it, as if to say "all of it". Of this one, I called it a "softball" and hoped Dino would hit this one out of the park and use that as an opportunity to state his real position clearly and persuade others in the process, attracting more voters to him. But he chose to bunt. At best, he's made his die hard supporters happy by calling his opponent a liar. At worse, he's confused some fiscal conservatives into believing that Gregoire should have kept her promise to use state funds to support stem-cell research, and some social conservatives wishing he would champion the right to life by stating why he's against embryonic stem-cell research, all while emboldening the "pro-choice" crowd that supports Gregoire.

He missed an opportunity for a homerun. Who's his coach, by the way?

Posted by: Michelle on September 25, 2008 01:31 AM

19. Oops...Should have been:

believing that Dino thinks Gregoire should have kept her promise

Posted by: Michelle on September 25, 2008 01:37 AM

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