The House Republicans are still on the floor, refusing to take a 5 week vacation, as decreed by the Commissar of the House, Comrade Nancy Pelosi.
Various links here, here, here, and a twitter feed from Rep Hoekstra.
I called Rep. Dave Reicherts office. They would not confirm nor deny his if he is in DC, Home, or travelling, but DID say that HE WAS NOT on the House floor.
Why not, Dave?
So far I have seen two ads promoting incumbent governor Chris Gregoire, and both had the same theme: George Bush.
In both ads a comparison was made to how Gregoire was nothing like George Bush.
I have one question: Did I miss something, or is Bush running for Governor of Washington?
Seriously, the ads are frankly no better than the Better Then Bush sentiments in the 2004 presidential elections.
One of the ads does carry it further and that provides the connection: they are trying to pain challenger Dino Rossi as "another George Bush" thereby scaring us into not voting for him.
Dino's ad, by comparison targets the Washington's government at it;s weakest areas, traffic, taxes, small businesses and education.
David Postman of the Seattle Times caught the comparison and the flaws:
