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Follow the race to the White House in our Election '08 special section.

Blogs

Strange Bedfellows
P-I staff on Seattle politics
· Port recall effort takes to Web
· Olympia cold towards Sonics' requests before
· New Wa. Poll: Obama up by 8

David Horsey's Drawing Power
P-I editorial cartoonist David Horsey on politics and more
· Burning Question: What do you love about the USA?
· Burning Question: How 'bout those Sonics?
· The rise of Hispanic America

Seattle Traffic Watch
The latest transportation issues, traffic jams, construction schedules and transit changes
· So, Seattle: So you need 4 more streetcar lines?
· High gas prices take bite out of holiday traffic
· Airport garage tells you where you can park

The Big Blog/Seattle 2030
Join a discussion, including City Council candidates, about Seattle's future.
· Poll: Top 10 reader picks for OKC team name
· Oklahoman responds to Sonics rage
· Mourning Sonics fans buy team remains at a bargain

Reader blog: The Rail
An issues rant
· Oil!
· Reax to the Obama speech
· Obama's Speech

Reader blog: News Feed
Politics, satire & sass
· McCain is to Madonna as Obama is to Salt 'n Pepa?
· Serious Obama LOVE in Japan
· Raucous Caucus? How'd yours go?

Reader blog: Girls Talking Politics
Political discussion by and for young women
· The next Vice President...?
· Voting for who you support even though it may not make much of a difference
· Reflection Video (Mercer Island Republican Caucus)

Reader blog: Finding Clarity
A Seattle-area Conservative's Blog
· Locally a democrat politician loses her home in a tragic fire - and ignites a conspiracy firestorm
· Federal Way graduates High School students who did not graduate
· Where's Karl? Reflecting on Graduation...

Reader blog: Northwest Law
Attorney Rand Koler on law, the courts and legislation
· A Loophole in the Law Hurting Buyers Who Rely on the "Seller's Disclosure Statement".
· What Obama Might Have Learned from Carter
· Obama and McCain could learn from the Mariners

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Primary Election

Candidate profiles, articles, P-I endorsements and more

Family fights for assisted-suicide vote
For a Seattle woman dying of cancer and her family, the campaign to let voters to decide to allow physician-assisted suicide is personal.

TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2008
Campaign Countdown: 128 Days To Go

Obama defends his own patriotism against rumors
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Flanked by American flags, Barack Obama forcefully defended his patriotism Monday against anyone who would challenge it, declaring he wouldn't stand for persistent rumors questioning his loyalty and aimed at sinking his presidential campaign.

MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008
Campaign Countdown: 129 Days To Go

SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2008
Obama and Clinton make stand in Unity
UNITY, N.H. -- Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton sought Friday to turn the page on their bitter, history-making fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, declaring the next chapter is about beating Republican John McCain.

THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2008
Obama, Clinton work on debt, convention plans
WASHINGTON -- With the help of one of Washington's best-connected lawyers, Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are negotiating a thicket of complicated issues, such as how to repay Clinton's campaign debt and her role at the Democratic convention. The talks come as they try to leave behind their intense rivalry and work out a plan to cooperate this fall.

Democrats to amend controversial Rossi ad
OLYMPIA -- The state Democratic Party says it will change a video ad that pictures Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi accompanied by the theme song from "The Sopranos," after a Seattle group said the ad was offensive to Italian-Americans.

Campaign Countdown: 133 Days To Go
McCAIN POLLS BETTER ON IRAQ

Candidate who withdrew allowed to stay on ballot
Scott White stays on the ballot in the 46th Legislative District, but a court hearing airs concerns about King County election office operations, practices, and possible favoritism.

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2008
Campaign Countdown: 135 Days To Go
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McClellan brings Bush critique to Seattle
Ex-Bush spokesman Scott McClellan received a warm reception Monday from a Town Hall Seattle crowd -- much warmer than he would have received in this liberal city prior to his penning a scathing White House memoir.

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2008
Campaign Countdown: 136 Days To Go
OBAMA TARGETS OIL TRADERS

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2008
Soft money fuels the race for governor
OLYMPIA -- More than policy, positions on social issues or personality, the gubernatorial rematch between Democrat Chris Gregoire and her Republican challenger, Dino Rossi, has thus far been a debate about which special interests are calling the shots.

Campaign Countdown: 137 Days To Go

Obama raised $22 million in May
WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama raised $22 million in May for his presidential campaign, his weakest fundraising month this year, and ended the month with $43 million cash on hand, the campaign reported Friday.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 2008
Obama opts out of public election money
WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama's 1.5 million donors were a financial spigot that was just too rich to shut down.

Washington barely a battleground state in presidential race
Washington in the 2008 presidential race: Are we a "battleground"?

THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 2008
Campaign Countdown: 139 days to go

Analysis: McCain takes a page from Bush's campaign playbook
WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain paints Democratic rival Barack Obama as naive on foreign policy, weak on national security and, now, soft on terrorism.

Candidate withdraws, then changes mind, then ... well, just read on
A state legislative candidate cried foul when his opponent withdrew from the race and then jumped back in.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2008
Shark jumping in race for governor's mansion
Gregoire and Rossi jump the shark: How to head off a nasty, seedy campaign?

Campaign Countdown: 140 Days To Go
DONOR MEETING

TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2008
Would-be first lady hopes on TV to gain support, disarm critics
Michelle Obama will co-host an episode this week of "The View," a daytime TV talk show that scores huge ratings among women. Her appearance on the ABC program will be a media milestone for her husband's campaign -- after a rough week of news media scrutiny for the Ivy League-educated attorney, corporate executive and mother of two who wants to become the nation's next first lady.

City Council urged to back some public financing for candidates
Seattle taxpayers should fund the campaigns of candidates who agree to forgo large donations and to follow other rules aimed at minimizing the clout of special interests, an advisory committee told the City Council Monday.

MONDAY, JUNE 16, 2008
Lieberman's attacks on Obama anger Democrats
WASHINGTON -- Joe Lieberman is fast becoming the Democrats' public enemy No. 1.

Ladenburg targets McKenna
While John Ladenburg was in San Diego for the U.S. Open last week, he was taking some swings of his own at state Attorney General Rob McKenna, setting the tone early for a campaign designed to create a hard-hitting image.

Burner touts her experience -- but is it enough?
The question of Democrat Darcy Burner's experience, or lack thereof, could well come up again in her renewed challenge to Republican U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert this year.

Campaign notebook
OBAMA CALLS ON BLACK FATHERS TO BE 'MEN'

FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 2008
Tribes give big to Gregoire, avoid sharing casino cash
Gov. Chris Gregoire is benefiting from more than $650,000 in campaign contributions from Indian tribes that hit the jackpot in 2005 when she killed a gambling compact potentially worth more than $140 million a year to the state.

For Pelosi, practicality trumps partisan politics
Once derided as a "San Francisco liberal" by the Republican attack machine, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lately finds herself taking heat from activists on the left for whom practicality is heresy.

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