In the strange bedfellows department, Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat has become the new head cheerleader for the Washington state legislature’s Republicans.  On Wednesday he declared them winners of a legislative session that hasn’t ended yet.  He’s very impressed with their having “tamped down the crazy” by refraining from gay bashing and assaults on reproductive…

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Judging just by the tale of the tape, Representative Ross Hunter and Senator Andy Hill look a lot alike. Both are dashingly handsome white guys who went to Ivy League schools.  Both made enough money at Microsoft to retire as gentleman legislators. And both write budgets for the state.  One is a Democrat and the…

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On a Wednesday, the Washington State House Democrats released their plan to fund education with a capital gains tax. On Thursday, the radio ads denouncing the plan as an assault on Washington families began to appear.   At the hearing a few days later, the usual suspects lined up as you would expect: the folks…

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