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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 01:49 PM Aug 2019

Inslee's bid for third term derails plans for other Democrats

SEATTLE — Gov. Jay Inslee set a course Thursday for a third term as the state’s chief executive and left a trail of disappointed Democrats in his wake.

He launched his re-election campaign hours after abandoning his quest to be president, a quixotic pursuit that lasted six months and provided a national platform for his ideas on combating climate change.

“We told the Washington story around the United States,” he said at news conference in Seattle. “Being able to tell that story led to some good things, even though I won’t be the nominee, including the fact that we have elevated the climate change crisis to where it belongs. I’m very proud to have served for that purpose.”

Earlier Thursday, in an email to supporters, he wrote that his presidential bid “provided the nation a road map for innovation, economic growth, and progressive action” and he now seeks re-election to enhance the state’s role “as a progressive beacon for the nation.”

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/inslee-says-hes-ending-presidential-bid/?utm_source=DAILY+HERALD&utm_campaign=7bf640f8f4-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d81d073bb4-7bf640f8f4-228635337

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Inslee's bid for third term derails plans for other Democrats (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 OP
They'll have their opportunities. Aristus Aug 2019 #1
Jay as Governor montanacowboy Aug 2019 #2
Exactly! MFM008 Aug 2019 #3
I was thinking the same thing ! Haggis for Breakfast Aug 2019 #4
That article only quotes Republicans. icymist Aug 2019 #5
No Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2019 #6

Aristus

(66,096 posts)
1. They'll have their opportunities.
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 01:59 PM
Aug 2019

I want to keep Jay in Olympia. He's making me proud.

We have term limits, after all. They're called 'elections'.

icymist

(15,888 posts)
5. That article only quotes Republicans.
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 06:50 PM
Aug 2019

Is The Herald a Republican rag? I ask because I never heard of it before.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,111 posts)
6. No
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 07:11 PM
Aug 2019

It used to be called the Everett Herald but it reports mostly Snohomish and Island County news so they dropped the Everett part.

The article's writer Jerry Cornfield also writes for the Seattle Weekly which is now online only.

My guess is the reason Republicans are quoted is because they seem to be the only ones who have a negative opinion about Inslee seeking a third term.

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