Talmadge - campaign event in Seattle Friday

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Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Talmadge sticks it out in his bid for governor

By ANGELA GALLOWAY
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Talmadge said yesterday he plans to see through his long-shot campaign, despite a frustrating setback last week.

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... Talmadge will stick it out -- and intensify his anti-Gregoire theme, he said.

"I have not decided to pull the plug on this campaign," Talmadge said. "I'm going to get a lot more into Christine Gregoire's face."

"There's so much material there," he said.

Talmadge yesterday accused Gregoire of flip-flopping on tax issues. Her campaign accused Talmadge of flip-flopping on other matters.

Talmadge, 52, a Yale-educated appeals lawyer who served in the state Senate for 16 years and on the state Supreme Court for six years, was the first Democrat to announce -- two years ago, long before Democratic Gov. Gary Locke bailed out.


Until then, Talmadge's campaign was sharply critical of Locke.

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Regarding his plans to sharpen his target on Gregoire, Talmadge said he didn't think voters would cringe to more negativism. "I don't think so. Because, first of all, the reason I ran against Gary Locke was because Gary Locke did extraordinary damage to the health care work that I did."

Locke also failed in education, Talmadge added.

"This candidate -- this attorney general -- is a continuation of those kinds of policies," he said.

The campaign is planning a Seattle event Friday, sponsored by a number of activists who backed Howard Dean for the Democratic nomination for president, Talmadge's spokesman said.

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[LisaM]

1. Well, he's right on Locke - "The Infuriator"

Totally turned his back on the teachers.

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2. which is why the Teachers had

no business endorsing Gregoire. Gregoire=Locke=Gregoire.

Granted, Locke's administration was hamstrung by the Bush recession and Bush tax cuts = cuts to states.

But sheesh, the guy is in bed with big business.
Tax breaks for Boeing = screw state employees, screw teachers, screw healthcare, screw everybody.

Interesting that Gregoire's campaign team (at least here in Olympia) is Governor Locke's office staff.



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