In the strange bedfellows department, Seattle Times columnist Danny Westneat has become the new head cheerleader for the Washington state legislature’s Republicans.  On Wednesday he declared them winners of a legislative session that hasn’t ended yet.  He’s very impressed with their having “tamped down the crazy” by refraining from gay bashing and assaults on reproductive…

On a Wednesday, the Washington State House Democrats released their plan to fund education with a capital gains tax. On Thursday, the radio ads denouncing the plan as an assault on Washington families began to appear.   At the hearing a few days later, the usual suspects lined up as you would expect: the folks…