Chopp's business is to make sure the democratic majority is not its own worst enemy. But is cozying up to the democratic majority’s actual worst enemy really the best way to do that?
ChangePAC sounds better than Building Industries for Rossi. Swift Boat Veterans for Truth sounds better than Bitter Lying Right-Wingnuts for Bush. Thanks to the tax code and the creative minds that run political campaigns just like advertising campaigns, organizations everywhere are poll-testing and focus-grouping new names for old grievances.
"The U.S. Supreme Court has been consistent and clear that, under the Constitution's First Amendment, once government admits one religious display or viewpoint onto public property, it may not discriminate against the content of other displays, including the viewpoints of nonbelievers."
- Gov. Christine Gregoire (D) and Attorney General Rob McKenna (R) in a joint statement Wednesday on an anti-religion billboard on display at the state Capitol.