Monthly Archives: August 2008

Rocky Mountain High: Denver Day One

Day one was fantastic. The delegation breakfast on Monday was a terrific trio of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano, Democratic National Chair, Howard Dean and Congressman Jay Inslee. Wow, how is it that Howard Dean came to the breakfasts for the … Continue reading

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The disconnection of John McCain

  I’m not sure if anyone else caught the comments of Carly Fiorina, former Hewlett Packard CEO, and currently the lead advisor of the McCain campaign Monday morning on MSNBC with Norah O’Donnel. As was expected, O’Donnel asked Fiorina about the … Continue reading

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Monday’s Schedule

Here’s the link: http://www.demconwatchblog.com/2008/08/official-monday-schedule.html

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In Denver…now join the party.

Touched down in Denver this afternoon–around the same time a twister touched down south of Denver. Undeterred, I safely made it to the delegation hotel, the Hyatt at Tech Center where it is a Western Democrat theme. The hotel is … Continue reading

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My guess for Presidential Electoral Results

Click Here to see my guess (with a little help from the Washington Post.)

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Our Intrepid Reporters….

After going through all our couches and finding as much change as we can (and some things we don’t want to mention – my comb!), The Other Side Online will send TWO bloggers to the National Convention in Denver. I’ll … Continue reading

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The Other Side on TV – edition # 6

Here’s the schedule for the 6th edition of The Other Side on TV: Sunday, August 24, 2008 4:01 PM Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Aug 25, 26, 27 7:00 PM Thursday, Friday, Saturday Aug 28, 29, 30 11:00 AM E-mail us at … Continue reading

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Two Amigos shortcomings translate into a ‘dump the city manager’ vote

Friday’s Yakima Herald reports on the Yakima City manager evaluation held last Tuesday. As reporter, Chris Bristol points out; 4 councilmembers, (Edler, Johnson, McClure & Coffey) gave the highest rating of Excellent Performance to Dick Zais, Yakima’s city manager for … Continue reading

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Sam Reed was less drunk than I thought but still kinda drunk…

Before the primary, Sam Reed projected 46% turnout on Aug. 19th. I sorta implied that maybe Reed was hitting the bottle and that’s what led him to such an optmistic projection. Well, it actually looks like it will be 38%. … Continue reading

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Gregoire Running Stronger Than Four Years Ago

The nice people over at Horses’ Ass have done a little analysis of the Governor’s performance vs. four years ago. You can see it here. It looks like (in  Central Washington), Gregoire did better in every county but Kittitas and … Continue reading

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