BIAW ads hit the tv airwaves

The BIAW's new Change PAC television ads have now been released. According to Postman, they focus on the tribal casino deal that Gov. Gregoire authorized last year, which the Republicans are claiming was a quid pro quo.

The ad shows an elderly woman playing slot machines that land on pictures of the Democratic donkey logo and a winking Gregoire, but with no payout for the gambler. The ad says that "Christine Gregoire and tribal casinos are the only winners here."

Video of the ad is here at the Times' website.

The ad also cites a University of Nevada at Las Vegas professor who called the deal a "payoff". Still, the payoff claim is just one man's speculation and, as Goldy at HA argues, such a deal is "at best a gross misreading of the events" considering that, despite stopping a revenue sharing program that would give a percentage of gambling earnings to the state, it actually squelched the tribes' hopes for greatly expanded gaming levels.

Earlier on PolitickerWA:

BIAW ads headed for television, Gregoire pushes back