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Washington: 2008 Presidential Campaign

Fri, 08/08/2008 - 16:54

McCain announces Hispanic support in state

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Coming on the heels of a Seattle visit on John McCain's behalf by U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez yesterday, Sen. McCain's campaign today announced the Washington Hispanics for McCain group, a statewide organization hoping to boost the presumptive Republican nominee's support among Evergreen State Hispanics.

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Fri, 07/11/2008 - 12:43

McCain to open local office

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign announced today that it will be opening its Washington state campaign headquarters next week in Bellevue.

They will host a grand opening event at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July, 15 at 2330 130th Ave. NE, Bldg C, Ste. 103.

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Thu, 07/03/2008 - 12:08

Poll: Obama 47, McCain 39 in WA

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=1597|title=U.S. Sen. Barack Obama|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=right|width=200|height=235]Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) leads Republican Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in the latest Washington state presidential poll with 47 percent of the vote to McCain's 39, the Seattle P-I is reporting.

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Mon, 06/09/2008 - 20:26

McCain: Iraq top issue in Pacific NW

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=898|title=U.S. Sen. John McCain|desc=Getty Images|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=268]Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), has released a strategy briefing with campaign manager Rick Davis outlining what they see will be the key issues and locations for the campaign in the fall, and how they might win them.

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Wed, 05/21/2008 - 19:22

More fallout from Obama’s Hanford gaffe

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama created a minor media storm, very minor compared to Rev. Wright for instance, on Sunday in Pendleton, Oregon when he confessed at a campaign question and answer session that he was unaware of the problem with the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Cleaning up Hanford, which has required billions of dollars in federal funding and whose nuclear waste has the potential to dramatically impact the region if it escapes, is one of America's premier environmental issues.

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Mon, 05/19/2008 - 18:37

Republicans hit Obama on Hanford blank

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

Politics, especially when it comes to environmental issues, often crosses political boundaries. Such was the case Sunday in Pendleton, Ore. At a rally there, Barack Obama was asked about his policy regarding the Hanford Nuclear Reservation cleanup. Obama was stumped.

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Wed, 04/30/2008 - 11:58

Expect more McCain in the Evergreen State

By Bryan Bissell, PolitickerWA.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=898|title=U.S. Sen. John McCain|desc=Photo by Getty Images|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=268]Presidential candidate John McCain (R-Ariz.), the presumptive Republican nominee, is expected to come to Seattle in two weeks for a global warming event in what will be his first visit to the state since the Feb. 9 caucuses when he visited the Seattle Westin on a routine campaign stop.

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