Erica Barnett's take from the Stranger:
Seattle may have a lot of Gregoire signs--I saw a half-dozen on my way to work this morning--but in Eastern Washington, north of Everett, and Pierce County, Rossi's support is strong. If Gregoire wants to hold on to her job, she's going to have to do a lot more than snipe that Rossi's distorting her record--she's going to have to make the case that her record makes her worth keeping. [emphasis in the original]
That's the problem. She doesn't have a record that resonates with voters, else she would be talking about it with six weeks to go in this election.
Furthermore, Barnett - in the midst of her stereotypically urban liberal view of Rossi, the evil Republican - divines some other barriers facing Gregoire. The candidate is "canned," inauthentic, evasive, prone to wonkishness, and ineffective at times compared to Rossi's comforting, tell-it-like-it-is demeanor.
Does that mean a Rossi victory? No. That feat still requires oodles of hard work by his campaign and by volunteers supporting it out on the trail.
It does mean Gregoire's campaign is weak, just like her candidacy. And the left knows it.
P.S. I would also point out to Barnett that one doesn't need to go north of Everett, east of the Cascades, or into Pierce County to find strong support for Rossi - who in 2004 won more suburban neighborhoods in south Snohomish County and parts of King County than many Democrats care to acknowledge.
Posted by Eric Earling at September 24, 2008 08:14 PM | Email ThisI think the election will be fixed. I think G will win.
I hope I am wrong but I don't see how I can be.
Posted by: Same Game Different Day on September 24, 2008 08:47 PMBetween the lack of persona, poor decisions or outright hiding for much of her term, and the latent King County vote frustration, it's going to take a lot more than Bill Huennekens and 139 provisionals to get her elected again.
Posted by: Jeff B. on September 24, 2008 09:00 PMAsk yourself...why didn't they sue over this issue BEFORE the Primary?
The fact is they didn't.
Rossi must run in the Main Event using the same NAME and Party Preference.
The Gregoire Sh*tstirring squad of goons knows this is merely costly harrassment....taxpayer $$ must be used to sift thru this.
If County Auditors hold back those Military Ballots, they are engaged in a disenfranchisement scheme orchestrated by the State DEMOCRATIC Party.
Posted by: Mr. Cynical on September 25, 2008 07:07 AMTo add to your observation; I often wonder how many King County Rossi supporters just don't want the harassment of putting up a sign. After getting signs repeatedly stolen I know I don't. Somebody on the radio the other day was recounting how a significant number of Rossi 4' x 8' signs have completely disappeared. Not just vandalized or knocked over but disappeared into the ether . . . two by four structure, support and all. I think that the leftists have been very successful at shutting down the GOP campaign sign communication medium in King County.
I was just thinking, it seems to me that if the left keeps stealing, mutilating and vandalizing opposition campaign signs, the GOP will eventually have to learn to get along without them (or maybe they already have!). Maybe this is a blessing is disguise, forcing the GOP to use more 21st century mediums of better and more easily measured results.
Most of our large signs have been cut to pieces. One 4x8 sign that we had (on private property) on the corner of 200th and Aurora Ave. had the middle cut out of it. Fortunately, they left enough of that sign so that it's still evident that it's a Rossi sign. Sends a more powerful statement than the defacers ever dreamed. We left it so that 1000's of commuters can see what some people think of their free speech rights.
Unfortunately, the other signs are just plain gone, or too damaged to do anything with.
Posted by: Lisa on September 25, 2008 01:33 PMOf course, it NEVER happened and the media never followed up on her much ballyhooed proclamation.
Her record of performance must stay hidden as she takes the easy road to wooing Washington liberals by running against George Bush.
Posted by: Baynative on September 26, 2008 11:43 AM