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From the governor-elect on down, through both chambers of the Legislature, a tincture of blue political monoculture drifts through Washington State politics like mist through the pines.

Members are pictured in the seating chart for the Washington Senate on display at the Capitol in Olympia. Senator Rodney Tom is second from right in the bottom row. Or is the Democrat-led consensus an

“Honest to God, I was sure they had the votes. -- A surprised House Republican who had been an opponent of Speaker John Boehners “Plan B plan for the “fiscal cliff talking to Power Play about Boehners decision to cancel a vote on the measure. If Power Play had told you four years ago that President Elect Barack Obama today would be on the precipice of getting the full rollback of the Bush-

If you live near a Ben & Jerry’s or a few Dunkin’ Donuts outposts, odds are good that your Congressional district elected a Democrat on Tuesday. More familiar with the inside of a Pizza Hut or a Long John Silver’s? Chances are you’ll be represented next year by a Republican.

The following chart places 49 common brands on a political spectrum based on the percentage of their brick-

Just days after their historic midterm victories, the Republican congressional leadership is sending out signals to the caucus that infighting and gridlock will not be tolerated.

According to Politico, incoming Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has suggested he will not go along with conservative calls to use the debt ceiling as leverage for spending cuts, an insistence by tea party