May 12, 2008 - 8:24am
Washington's Not A Battleground State
By Wally EdgeAt least not according to the national GOP. Postman and State Republican Chair Luke Esser note that "we're not guaranteed to get anything" out of the $31,000 per person Victory Dinner with John McCain. Instead the eastside cash will flow to states that national Republicans think will be battleground states in November. Read: not Washington.
Republicans do like to outsource. Looks like Dino Rossi needs to start working a little harder.
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