[AntiGuv]

Washington has over 8% unemployment, and is likely to have close to 10% unemployment by Nov 2004. The bursting of the "New Economy" tech bubble has hit Washington even harder than California, and those jobs ain't coming back anytime soon - at least not to Washington. Finally, Boeing's Seattle operations are swiftly getting moved elsewhere, even aside from the fact that Boeing itself is struggling in its commercial manufacture departments.

You can bank on Washington voting against Bush unless he takes at least 54% of the vote...

[Torie]

Thanks for the input. I don't think the 2004 election will be about the economy, particularly after all the action of this week, and assuming the stock and real estate markets continue to chug along OK.

[lepton]

Washington has over 8% unemployment, and is likely to have close to 10% unemployment by Nov 2004. The bursting of the "New Economy" tech bubble has hit Washington even harder than California, and those jobs ain't coming back anytime soon - at least not to Washington. Finally, Boeing's Seattle operations are swiftly getting moved elsewhere, even aside from the fact that Boeing itself is struggling in its commercial manufacture departments.

Yes. From the sample of what I've been reading, the sentimental solution to the problems caused by the Enviro-Socialists is to soften the blow with more socialists...and people seem to be getting desparate to do so.