The most senior (and it's said most powerful) Republican in the U.S. Senate, Ted Stevens was indicted by a federal grand jury for not mentioning the $250,000 in labor and materials he received from a construction company. Veco Corp. actually lifted Stevens' house in the air while a new first floor was built, and no money changed hands. They also threw in a Viking grill. If you have had any remodeling done lately, you know......

The Republicans, learning from the mistakes of the Democrats in King County's Sixth, may decide to run a candidate against Governor Gregoire next fall. The PI reports, in big letters above the fold, that Dino Rossi (the guy who may already be our governor) will probably run for governor. Well, no shit. He's been holding un-official rallies, giving speeches, and raising money (WIIINNNK) for a few months now. Also, everyone in the state's GOP expects......

If the voting public of the United States had gotten a chance to vote directly against Donald Rumsfeld last night, it would have been a landslide on the order of Seattle Initiative 91. Doesn't matter who the other guy was. It could have been Gary Ridgeway, the Green River Killer himself, or Mike McGavick even, getting sworn into office in January. We can dispense with all that, though, because all the Democratic voting for State......

Mike McGavick has decided that trying to get Subaru-driving, fleece-vest-wearing, city slickers to vote for him is a waste of time. He is yanking all of his ads off Puget Sound air waves. While often a signal of a campaign in trouble, McGavick's spokesman, Elliott Bundy, said the change of course was needed to target money toward direct-mail and voter-turnout operations. "You make these decisions as you move along," Bundy said. "There's nothing to read......

For weeks Mike McGavick has seen the same poll standing stiff. The latest Survey USA Election Poll has Maria Cantwell at 54% and Mike!!!!!! at 42%. The poll was taken the weekend after the kick-ass debate on KING-5, and during the release of McGavick’s Seattle Times endorsement. He has been stuck between 37% and 42% since August, and for the next week will just have to suck up that poll and push hard towards the......

An MSNBC poll released today showed Maria Cantwell up 52%-37% on Mike McGavick. She's increased her lead from 10% about three weeks ago. The poll was taken from October 17-19, so mostly after the two debates (the final one was on the 17th). McGavick gained no ground from the debates, in fact he lost ground. The poor guy's fighting an uphill battle: 55% of those polled say they strongly disapprove of President Bush. But McGavick......

A Washington State political race got some national ink on Friday at Slate under the unflattering headline "Unusually Stupid Campaign Ads," but unfortunately for us the headline alone doesn't really indicate which campaign Michael Kinsley's talking about in this article. It's Monday and a semi-holiday, so we'll spare you the effort of dredging up all the current campaigns. He's talking about McGavick/Cantwell. If you knew nothing about Mike McGavick except what is in his......

Safeco announced today it's laying off or "reassigning" 240 employees. The company needs to cut costs, it says, which apparently wasn't an issue when it gave Mike McGavick $28 million for leaving his job (scroll down on that) so he could run for US Senate. McGavick made a fantastic showing in Tuesday's primary, eliminating such Republican party heavyweights as Brad Klippert, B. Barry Massoudi, and William Allen Chovil. He's only got one more candidate to......

-Let's not have a repeat of last year's fiasco. Make sure to read this guide to photographing fireworks. -If you're there, fine, but if you're the type who would forsake the out-of-doors this weekend for the live feed of Gnomedex, well, you can't be helped. -Howard Kuntsler responds to WorldChanging's questions about oil, the environment, Wal-Mart and his blog "Clusterfuck Nation." -Talking Points Memo is running a contest to see who can get Maria Cantwell's......

-David Goldstein is first on the scene of the heartwarming story of Sacajawea escaping the Seattle Public School advisory committee's carving knife. Which hasn't happened as of this writing. (and didn't, it turns out, happen at all) -Starbucks is throwing $2.5 Million the NAACP's way for, well, the NAACP site doesn't say what programs will be funded with the money. -The Campaigner-in-Chief is expected to come to Seattle in June to prop up the......

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants it's money back. LAist are a bug bunch of geeks. They're Star Trek geeks, David Duchovny geeks and Frank Gehry geeks. During their Cochella preview their readers reveal themselves to be Depeche Mode geeks. Seattlest saw their basketball team preparing to leave for......

-A conservative asshole slimed the objectivity of newspapers recently and the publisher of the Olympian took offense. -A family that vanished from the face of the Earth along with their RV on March 4 has been found off roading it in southern Oregon. -Taco Del Mar will soon be hawking its appallingly mediocre fish tacos in southern California thanks to new franchise agreements. -The P-I's Strange Bedfellows blog tells us today that Mike McGavick......

With the Seahawks' first Super Bowl three days away our local politicians have started wagering with Pennsylvania's elected officials on the outcome. And the stakes are high. Governor Christine Gregoire is putting up a bushel (which we think is two more than an acre) of apples vs. Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell's box of hot dogs with Heinz condiments. Along with all of the food, a Hawk win would compel the Quaker Staters to fly......

Last week former governor-elect-for-a-few-weeks Dino Rossi announced that he will not run against Senator Maria Cantwell in next year's election. While this was not a complete shock, it has started a chain of events that could have Safeco CEO Mike McGavick announce his candidacy by the end of the week. After Rossi made his announcement, state Republican Party Chair Chris Vance also stated that he would not seek the seat, which leads to McGavick,......