Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire and Attorney General Rob McKenna have sued the U.S. Department of Energy over delayed work at the Hanford nuclear reservation. Meanwhile, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings are concerned the lawsuit will hurt sensitive cleanup budget negotiations. State and federal officials must work harder to come to an agreement.
ChooseTheHero.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
WA-01 Jay Inslee Jay Inslee(D) is our US Representative in the 1st District. He was originally elected to the House in 1992 from the 4th District, but proved too liberal for his Central Washington constituents and was defeated by Doc Hastings after one term. After moving to the west side, he ran for Governor in 1996 but was defeated in the [...]
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio has kept his post as the House Republican leader even after his caucus lost several seats in the Nov. 4 election.Boehner was challenged for the post by Rep. Dan Lungren, R-Calif., a conservative, Politico reported Wednesday. In a nominating speech, Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., noted that Boehner had been a trouble-making conservative during his first stint in the minority role,...
Evergreen Politics (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Jimmy McCabe has a post up on Fearing's race as well at his eastern Washington blog, McCranium. The poll I mentioned earlier has Doc Hastings at 52.5% and George at 47.5%. That could easily shift in these last few days as people realize that George has a chance to take Hastings out.Jim notes two other items in the poll that are even more promising:Voters in Washington’s 4th Congressional District are...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Apparently internal Democratic polling has challenger George Fearing within five points of incumbent Congressman and lump of coal Doc Hastings, R-Pasco. Read more about it at McCranium. Also, the General reminds us how Hastings did the bidding of Tom Delay when he was on the House Ethics Committee. There was a fine moment in the history [...]
Jesus' General (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Remember Doc Hastings, Tom Delay's hand-picked Ethics Committee Chair; the guy who submitted his own quotes to Brainyquote.com; they guy who was given the nickname, "Doc," because he looked like one of the dwarfs in Snow White? He's in trouble, and TV is cheap--$25 a spot. Give now . WA State Democrats: New polling shows George Fearing (D) is within 5% of unseating incumbent conservative Doc Hastings!...
Evergreen Politics (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
We are hearing that George Fearing's campaign in Washington's 4th CD (central Washington) has some internal polling which puts them within the error of margin in his race against one of the worst Congresscritters anywhere, Doc Hastings. I'm sure you all are pretty close to tapped out, as am I. Also, of course, the other two big campaigns - for Chris Gregoire and Darcy Burner are still close and very...
Jesus' General (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
Rep. Doc Hastings US House of Representatives (WA-04) Dear Rep. Hastings , Life is short, but words and ideas live on forever. We see proof of that every day when we pick up a book by Twain or hear a quote by Euripides or one like this , by a former resident of your district, William O. Douglas: As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there's a twilight where...
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Politico’s Daniel W. Reilly, in an article speculating about which twelve Congress-critters might be persuaded to change their minds and vote for the Wall Street bailout, mentions a member from Washington state: Rep. Doc Hastings(R-Wash.) A moderate Republican, Hastings told the Yakima Herald that he was undecided until Sunday night. In the end, he said he voted no because there were still “too many...
Heavy-Handed Politics (Free subscription) | 09/20/2008
washingtonpost.com Rep. Gene Green (D-Tex.), the acting chairman of the House ethics committee, said yesterday that he will recommend launching a probe of Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), who has asked the panel to examine questions about his financial filings and other matters. Rep. Doc Hastings (Wash.), the ranking Republican, said the investigation should have begun in July and should include a...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Washington state Reps. Doc Hastings and Dave Reichert are the latest Northwest Republicans to announce they are skipping the Republican...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008
Reps. Doc Hastings and Dave Reichert of Washington state are the latest Northwest Republicans to announce they are skipping the Republican National Convention.
Evergreen Politics (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
George Fearing is a very interesting candidate who is running for Congress against Doc Hastings in WA-04. He has several new video and radio clips available on his website and they are some of the most interesting campaign ads I've ever seen. My favorite video is called "A Day on the Campaign". It's an oddly intimate picture of what he does every day to introduce himself to voters and potential donors....
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
By Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash. Aug. 6--U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Wash., and several other candidates for public office are scheduled to be guest speakers at today's meeting of the Benton-Franklin Mainstream Republicans. State Rep.
HorsesAss.Org (Free subscription) | 07/01/2008
Only four more hours to donate to Darcy Burner before the all important end of quarter deadline. And while you’re at it, why not throw a little change to George Fearing running against the execrable Doc Hastings out in WA-04?
