Now that we have the same top-two primary system that put Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke in the gubernatorial race in Louisiana, the King County Council is hoping to impose the same "clean elections" system that allowed a candidate to fake signatures and go on a spending spree in Portland. Democracy is alive and well.
"I don't want to vote for a rock star. I want somebody who is going to take care of the issues."
- Eric Oleson, an administrator at South Puget Sound Community College, explaining his internal struggle on voting for or against U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) as the next president.