Susan Hutchison -- Washington State's Sarah Palin?

[Zomby Woof]

For all of my Seattle-area friends, from a former resident of King County - I am hoping what I read is true and she was DEFEATED last night in her bid for King County Executive. I recall her days on KIRO-TV's evening news, when I watched her trainwreck of a broadcast. Here goes:



Next week in King County, Washington, "nonpartisan" Susan Hutchison will be vying with Democrat Dow Constantine for the role of County Executive. The seat controls significant resources in a region that often plays a leadership role in future oriented public policy. If King County were a state, its budget size would be 13th in the country. Economically, the county lives on cutting edge science, engineering and technology: Microsoft, Boeing, Amgen, Nintendo and a host of tech/biotech startups.

What national precedents is King County likely to be setting in the next go around? That depends in part on who sits in the executive seat. Constantine has track records in brokering anti-sprawl, sustainable development and historic preservation. He's a proponent of strong, innovative carbon policies. But who is the elusive Hutchison? Seattle Times reporter Danny Westneat called Susan Hutchison a sort-of-Republican. Erica Barnett at the Stranger called her a Republican Religious Wingnut. A member of her own party called her "our Sarah Palin." Is Susan Hutchison a Palin in the making? You be the judge.

In this post, Bill Alford at Moral Politics Television, Seattle, interviewed Dr. Valerie Tarico, author, activist and former evangelical about what she perceives behind the nonpartisan veil.


Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-tarico/susan-hutchison----washin_b_318106.html

[Missy Vixen]

1. She's getting her butt kicked

She's also refusing to concede. After all, she can make up that fifteen-point deficit with incoming ballots.

BS. She lost. I'm thrilled about it. :woohoo:

[Zomby Woof]

2. She IS like Palin

Palin wouldn't have conceded if she were at the top of the ticket one year ago today.

[depakid]

3. Apparently folks weren't fooled by her stealth campaign

Another Republican media whore gets exposed and shot down.