What the nation forgets is, that the type of person Sarah Palin is, also grows strong in Washington and Oregon. We love our freedom, the outdoors, government out of our business. When you make fun of Sarah and her frontier ways, it insults us... I am excited about this election.
Our family lived in Juneau for several years, and I can tell you Seattle is considered the ‘big sister’ to Alaska, almost the first footing into Alaska. Much of the business, major health care, etc is done in Seattle, and Seattle loves Alaska and the money Alaska brings to Seattle and Washington... I only hope that it will be reflected on election day.
I think what you’ve stated about WA is primarily true - and, as others have stated, many are just FURIOUS about the last election and the selection of Gov Fraudoire. The last poll for WA State looks pretty good (Rossi up by 6 and 0 and McCain in a virtual tie considering the +/-); however, there is still a long time until election day. I am a little worried about Reichert (my Rep in Congress) - I don’t agree w him on all points, but he’s certainly much better than Darcy Burner, who he ran against last time and didn’t win by all that much. Hopefully Rossi has some coat tails (and Sarah has some skirt tails here :-)
One thing in this article bothers me a little:
“The random sample of 600 Oregon voters took into account increased registrations among Democrats, particularly in the Tri-County area.”
As I understand it, OR is all absentee voting (WA has moved much of the state to that - which I’m not happy about 1) I think that opens it up to a greater chance for more fraud, 2) from just a personal perspective, I like going to the election place and casting my ballot there.
I’d appreciate your take on the ‘increased Dem registration’ mentioned in the article. Do you think these are all Dim, and, how closely do you think they are being scrutinized (e.g., do you think ACORN is playing a big part in these registrations, and,can get away w voter fraud like they have in other areas of the country?).