Death Of A Politician

    Like a sort of political Willy Loman, Brian Baird has announced his decision not to seek re-election to the US House of Representatives. Willy sacrificed himself so that Biff could collect on Willy’s life insurance policy; Baird steps out of the way so that another candidate can try to turn near certain defeat in WA-03 into a close race. It remains to be seen if | Read More »

    Most Excellent News for WA-03; Brian Baird Announces His Retirement

    Yes, even more excellent news. In a stunning development (at least to me!) Brian Baird has announced that he will not seek re-election in 2010. The time has now come to pursue other options, other ways of serving. Hence, I am announcing today that I do not intend to seek reelection to Congress in 2010…This is not an easy decision to be sure, but I | Read More »

    Skewing the Results

    Because of his deep and abiding respect for his constituents and their opinions on the issues, Congressman Brian Baird (WA-03) has included a poll on his official website posing the question, “Do you believe there is a need to reform our current health care system?” Excellent! Congressman Baird has managed to frame the question in such a way that it appears as though he’s interested | Read More »

    A Neat Trick, If You Can Pull It Off

    How do you think this would go over with your employer? Say, Joe, we have a few concerns about your work lately. We’d like you to drop by the office so we can discuss it. Uh, no, I don’t think so. I heard someone might shout at me. Or worse, make a YouTube video. If someone makes a video, I might be held accountable for | Read More »