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Washington governor endorses Obama (huge news for Barack)
CNN ^ | Feb. 08, 2008 | by Alexander Mooney

Posted on 02/08/2008 9:38:10 AM PST by jdm

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(CNN) — Barack Obama has won the backing of Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire, one day before that state is set to hold its Democratic primary.

The Washington Democrat, who won the office in 2004 after a hand recount favored her by only 129 votes, said she found it difficult to choose between Obama and Hillary Clinton, but was ultimately drawn to the Illinois senator's charisma and leadership skills.

**snip**

Washington Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray have endorsed Clinton's White House bid.

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: gregoire; washington
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Washington Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray have endorsed Clinton's White House bid.

Gregoire breaks with the two liberal Senators.

Both Obama and Clinton have stated the importance of winning Washington recently.

1 posted on 02/08/2008 9:38:11 AM PST by jdm
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Gregoire controls the dead votes, doesn’t she?


2 posted on 02/08/2008 9:39:18 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: jdm

Vote for Barack — Let’s surrender in Iraq!


3 posted on 02/08/2008 9:40:49 AM PST by 3AngelaD (They screwed up their own countries so bad they had to leave, and now they're here screwing up ours)
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To: jdm

but was ultimately drawn to the Illinois senator’s charisma and leadership skills

I don’t get it.


4 posted on 02/08/2008 9:42:01 AM PST by lakeman
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To: Cicero

You bet she does. She won her election through a bunch of shady vote counting in King County (Seattle).


5 posted on 02/08/2008 9:42:30 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: jdm

Shouldn’t “governor” be in quotation marks? She won the election with the help of “provisional” ballots that were mixed in with the others.


6 posted on 02/08/2008 9:43:12 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Cicero

Gregoire controls the dead votes, doesn’t she?

Yes...Dead voters walking!


7 posted on 02/08/2008 9:43:33 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: jdm

I guess Gregoire is as sexist as T. Kennedy. I expect NOW to begin lambasting her soon.


8 posted on 02/08/2008 9:43:50 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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She’s a colostomy bag HACK for all the unions in Washington State!


9 posted on 02/08/2008 9:46:35 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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She’s a colostomy bag HACK for all the unions in Washington State!

To say the least....

10 posted on 02/08/2008 9:49:29 AM PST by noexcuses
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"Gregiore was ultimately drawn to the Illinois senator's charisma and leadership skills."

LOL - Some of his 'Accomplishments'? This reminds me of the time, after a debate between Obama/Hillary the Fox Pollster asked his focus group of undecideds if they had changed their mind and decided. 3/4 of the people (About 15 - 20 in all) raised their hands and said after seeing the debate they had been swayed to vote for Obama.

Then the clincher. The Pollster asked them to name on thing about his stand on the issues that had caused them to select him - Complete silence!

11 posted on 02/08/2008 9:50:39 AM PST by TCats
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Whaddayawanna bet that if Hillary loses she will blame it on her lack of likeability. Which will totally be true.


12 posted on 02/08/2008 9:59:41 AM PST by synbad600
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To: jdm

A do-nothing endorses another do-nothing.


13 posted on 02/08/2008 10:01:08 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: synbad600

Wrong. She’ll pull the female victimization card and claim its because America isn’t progressive enough to elect a woman as president.


14 posted on 02/08/2008 10:02:42 AM PST by Proud_USA_Republican (We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
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To: jdm

Mrs Gregoire has more connections to special interests in the state than any other pol possibly could have. I wonder which big-money interests are behind her endorsement. And behind Obama.


15 posted on 02/08/2008 10:06:11 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Verginius Rufus
Shouldn’t “governor” be in quotation marks?

I think she should be called the "acting governor", since she's not the governor the people elected.

16 posted on 02/08/2008 10:19:11 AM PST by TheMightyQuinn
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To: Proud_USA_Republican

You are both wrong, Obama will be found in Fort Marcy Park after having commited suicide like Vince Foster.


17 posted on 02/08/2008 10:28:43 AM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: synbad600

I’ll take that bet.

The Clintons NEVER attribute any problems to themselves or assume ANY responsibility for the consequences of their actions. They are certifiably Sociopathic. See my Free Repulic About Page, it is all there. I diagnosed them as such a long time ago and they continue to exhibit markers for this condition as we speak.


18 posted on 02/08/2008 10:53:18 AM PST by TCats
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To: jdm

Bet Gregoire wants to be the next U.S. Attorney General.


19 posted on 02/08/2008 10:54:55 AM PST by SeaHawkFan
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To: jdm

Hey, look how well all the Kennedy endorsements helped in Massachusetts?


20 posted on 02/08/2008 10:55:17 AM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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