delegates

Automatic delegate Sen. Maria CantwellWith the Democratic National Convention kicking off in just eleven days, the state Democratic Party is doing its part to let Washingtonians know who their delegates are to the big show in Denver.

Today they unveiled a flickr page with photos of all of the delegates and superdelegates, icluding 64 Obama supporters, 26 Clinton supporters and 15 automatic delegates. Many of the photos are accompanied by a statement from the delegate on what the event means to them.

Read below for a statement on the delegates from the press release.

The seven Party Leader & Elected Official (PLEO) delegates pledged to Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic were chosen Sunday. The group includes a wide range of elected officials from within the party with two state senators, a state representative, a mayor, county chair, county commissioner and even a precinct committee officer. See the full list below.

State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-Seattle)
State Senator Chris Marr (D-Spokane)
State Representative Dave Upthegrove (D-Des Moines)
Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels
Spokane County Democratic Party Chair Kristiné Reeves
Precinct Committee Officer Shanna Sawatzki (46th LD)
Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart.

NAPAVINE -

According to banners hanging from every streetlight in town, Napavine is Tiger Country. But Saturday afternoon the local high school gymnasium, where the Tigers play basketball Delegates seek support at Napavine High School/Politicker Photoevery winter, was also home to the 3rd Congressional District Democratic caucus. At the caucus, five delegates, two males and three females, would be elected to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer to elect the party's nominee.

But he delegate contest was not the day's only vote. With the advent of the state's "top two" primary that effectively ends the Party primary system, the Democrats' official nominee for Congress was also decided at the caucus. Rep. Brian Baird, the five term congressman from Vancouver, won his party's nomination by a vote of 59 to 24 over fellow Democrat Cheryl Crist.

Hillary Clinton's own words, part of what many pundits thought were a distinct campaign strategy, may come back to haunt her here in Washington.

That is the question The Stranger's Eli Sanders is asking in light of the many articles in the MSM lately regarding Hillary Clinton's narrowing road to the nomination.

Here is his plea over on Slog.  read more »