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What a long, strange trip it's been. Look back on this Presidential campaign season via the video above, or go all the way back to the halcyon days of the primaries at this simple, foul-mouthed website.

Newsweek is reporting that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is planning a "Western swing later this week". Polls released today indicate that Obama is now within striking distance of winning in McCain's home state of Arizona and both candidates are now running ads there. Could that "Western" part include us? An Obama visit to Seattle would count for the whole Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, and Montana), and with Washington's gubernatorial and 8th CD races hotly contested, Obama could help the Democratic down-ticket with a last-minute visit.

This whole thing started way back on January 3, a gray, rainy winter day with a high of 47. Now, six months later in the heat of a gray, rainy summer day with a high close to 60, it will come to an end.

We'll be the first to admit Hillary Clinton's embarrassing statement last week (and other occasions), when she recalled RFK's assassination in June of 1968 as an example of things that can happen late in a campaign. We all know there's a possibility the first viable black presidential candidate could get shot. It's been talked about and analyzed and discussed (and, yes, joked about by the other party). But, somehow, to hear another Democratic candidate (one this Seattlest supports) allude to such a tragedy just kind of crossed a line.

...if you're heading to the next round of caucuses this Sunday. We can't think of any local angle on this, but it's important to share this kind of information with our readers when we find it. Because, let's face it, stuff like this can sway voters, folks. (NSFW, unless you have headphones):

John McCain is coming to Seattle. This appearance, while putatively in support of his nomination campaign, will actually be one of the first stops in his presidential campaign--his nomination is a foregone conclusion now that Mitt Romney has dropped out of the race.