Adam Smith

Washington's superdelegate count stands at five for Obama, five for Clinton and seven undecided. State Republican deciders may know something the Democrats don't know, since they've been campaigning against Obama, without a single mention on Clinton in recent letters. The Republican decidee is coming to town, and you can meet him for dinner for only $33,100.

More importantly, does it matter? Looking at our leaders, the experience trope has been inconsistent at best.

On the national level, touting her experience hasn’t worked at all for Hillary Clinton, and experience was not required of George W. Bush.  read more »

WEST SEATTLE -

There appears to be approximately 1000 Democrats in attendance here at the West Seattle High School gymnasium, but that is a rough estimate. It is the standard convention mix of interest groups, delegates and, of course, candidates.

Rep. Adam Smith, an Obama endorser (and one who made the decision based on both his conscience and his constituents - something Senator Cantwell ought to note) takes on Hillary's dubious memories of sniper fire in Bosnia on Hardball. Ever accurate, Smith contends that "dishonesty is not something we're looking for in a presidential candidate."

In new congressional power rankings released this week, Washington's delegation ranked 20th out of 50 states led by Rep. Norm Dicks and Sen. Patty Murray in the House and Senate, respectively.  read more »

Yesterday the League of Conservation Voters, an interest group that calls itself the “independent voice for the environment,” released its annual congressional scorecard. These ratings are based on the environmental legislation in the House and Senate from the past year. The LCV makes a judgment on what they consider to be the environmentally friendly position on each bill, and assigns a plus or a minus to each vote, with absences considered a negative.

Barack Obama came to Seattle's Key Arena today, and Washington voters turned out in force to meet him.

Today in Washington DC, the Senate passed HR 5120, the economic stimulus bill by a vote of 81-16. Both Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell voted yes on the bill that will give most Americans a tax rebate sometime during 2008.

With all of the Q4 fund raising numbers tallied, eight of Washington's nine Congressmen stand in good financial shape relative to their challengers.

John Kerry came to Seattle on Friday to host a town hall meeting for Barack Obama.