A video clip of U.S. Senator Jim Risch speaking today on the floor of the Senate has been posted on his Web site www.risch.senate.gov/public and can be found under the video tab. Risch spoke in opposition to the current health care reform bill citing numerous polls showing a [...]
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 25% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-six percent (46%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -21 That’s the lowest Approval Index rating [...]

If the conservative Tea Party rebellion should move from the soapbox to the ballot box, it might well beat the Republican Party, according to a recent Rasmussen Reports survey. In what the pollsters called a "three-way Generic Ballot test," voters were asked in a national telephone survey to [...]
Coeur d’Alene pharmacist Jerry Gunderson was fired after he chased down a robber, the the Chicago Tribune reports. Gunderson apparently broke Shopko company policy of resisting a robbery and the Wisconsin company ignored the pleadings of his immediate boss and the fact the community gave him an award. Hey [...]

JohnA's analysis of Gonzaga coach Mark Few: Never uses first half timeouts to regain momentum: See Michigan State, Wake Forest, Duke, all losses. Sits idly and calmly by as the refs kill his team. My God, man, do a Bob Knight and throw a chair or something. Refuses to give [...]
Seattle Mayor-elect Mike McGinn said during a radio interview Friday that he supports efforts to make it legal to use marijuana in Washington state. Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, D-Seattle, has introduced a bill that would allow people 21 and older to use pot. Speaking to KUOW, McGinn noted that city voters [...]
Santa Claus won't leave the White House empty-handed when he drops by this year because President Barack Obama and his family plan to leave out milk and cookies and even some reindeer snacks. In an interview with Spanish-language television station Univision Thursday, Obama said the White House was expecting Santa' [...]
A couple weeks ago Lee put up a post attempting to extrapolate data on how Washington State might feel about reforming our marijuana laws from a national survey. As it turns out, I was at a meet and greet with the 36th legislative district legislators, and during Q&A someone [...]
...because liberals are pissed.
The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll coming out later today will show opposition to the health care bill growing—mainly from disappointed liberals, who are very much disappointed to see the public option getting thrown out. The poll has 47% saying the Obama health care plan is [...]