Quote of the Day Archive

"In Spokane I did quite well. We got a lot of terrific feedback from people. I think even in the online polls of the tv station, people thought we won that debate."

- Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi on how he believes he performed in the four debates he's had against Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) thus far in the campaign.

"He comes across as the most moderate candidate the Republicans have put up [for governor] in 20 years. People apparently respond to his personality. They like that he's easygoing and relatively soft-spoken."

- Seattle pollster Stuart Elway on why voters view Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi as a moderate.

"Everything is about timing in politics. People, I think, are willing to take a chance on new leaders."

- Republican congressional candidate Larry Ishmael on his race against U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee (D). Ishmael lost during a previous race against Inslee in 2006.

"There’s sure a lot of (people) in Seattle that have Obama and Rossi on their cars. Remember the Dino-crats?"

- Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi on his appeal to some state Democratic voters.

"At the end of the day, his vote will be based on the provisions of the bailout itself, not extra items added to it. If the bailout provisions he voted against on Monday remain the same, it’s fair to expect his vote to be the same."

- Will Marlow, spokesman for U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings (R), on Hastings' voting plans for the new Senate-backed version of the financial industry aid plan.

"Today communities across America, and far from Wall Street, are hurting.  Families are struggling to fill up the tank, to afford health care and to send their kids to college.  And even if they've played by the rules, paid their bills on time and have good credit, they are now at risk because of the Bush Administration's failure to rein in Wall Street greed.."

- Democratic Sen. Patty Murray on her vote in favor of the financial industry aid plan.

"I still believe Congress needs to act. Everyone I talked to believes Congress needs to act."

- Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers during an interview in which she defended her vote against the $700 billion financial industry aid plan.

"I just feel like this was a rush. I don’t totally trust the process that we have gone through for the last seven to eight days."

- Republican Rep. Dave Reichert on the Bush administration's execution of their plan to convince Congress to vote for the $700 billion financial industry aid plan.

"We felt it was appropriate to take a position. There certainly will be people who will be distressed."

- Mark Johnson, president of the Washington State Bar Association's Board of Governors, on the board's unanimous vote to support same sex couples' equal access to civil marriage and the legal rights afforded by a marriage license.

"It is shameful that Christine Gregoire would use her party to take an action that could disenfranchise the brave men and women serving overseas in our armed forces today."

- State Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser in response to the state Democrats' recent lawsuit to get Republican gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi's party affiliation changed from "G.O.P. Party." State Republicans claim the move discriminates against military families who have already received ballots.