Will Wilson

Recent Articles

• The Answer is No. What's Your Question?
• Dec 16, 2008
• Washington state is looking at about a $5 billion budget shortfall over the next couple years, given current projections. That doesn't necessarily mean legislators in ...

• WA-GOV: Gregoire Wins
• Nov 4, 2008
• Both MSNBC and ABC are projecting Christine Gregoire's reelection as governor of Washington. The local news is a bit more cautious.

• Yes on Assisted Suicide--WA Initiative 1000 Passes
• Nov 4, 2008
• The "Assisted Suicide" initiative in Washington has passed, at least according to Seattle Times projections.

• Reading Tea Leaves: Guam edition
• Nov 4, 2008
• Guam has voted. Unofficially, Obama has won. Even when it becomes official, it won't actually count for any electoral votes at all. But one ...

• Reading Tea Leaves: King County Turnout edition
• Nov 4, 2008
• Yesterday, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer stirred controversy with an article suggesting that early turnout figures were a bad omen for Governor Christine Gregoire's reelection bid ...

• Reasons to Stay Up Late, Even If the Oval Office is Taken Early
• Nov 4, 2008
• Democrats expect to gain several Senate seats tonight. But four races in particular could make for a late night if they are to seize a ...

• For Contrarians
• Nov 3, 2008
• Rock the Vote! Get Out the Vote! or simply Vote! You will receive lots of encouragement to head to your local polling location tomorrow. At ...

• Financial Crisis's Non-Economic Impact on States
• Sep 26, 2008
• States were already facing big revenue hits before Wall Street started to melt down. The fall of AIG might portend regulatory effects on states as ...

• Good News for Gregoire(?)
• Sep 17, 2008
• The Public Disclosure Commission has ruled that the Building Industry Association of Washington violated campaign finance laws by not properly reporting money it moved to ...

• Probably a Good Idea
• Sep 16, 2008
• I'm usually a fan of hard line approaches and creative incentives. But Edmonds (WA) School District went a little overboard, even for me, and it's ...
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• McCain Favored
• Sep 10, 2008
• For the first time, John McCain is trading above 50 on Intrade. Until today, Barack Obama hadn't traded below 50 since May. McCain was trading at 1 in ...

• Architect Bullfighter Designs by Committee
• Sep 10, 2008
• The centerpiece of Seattle's now complete "Libraries for All" initiative is the downtown Central Branch co-designed by Rem Koolhaas, one of the creators ...

• What a Week for Palin!
• Sep 5, 2008
• I'm not sure how long this will last or what to really make of these numbers, but the next two months will be fascinating. Unknown ...

• Palin's Speech: What the Markets Say
• Sep 4, 2008
• Two days ago, Intrade opened a market on Sarah Palin being withdrawn as McCain's VP choice. The graph below charts the likelihood (chart is in ...

• Are you experienced?
• Sep 3, 2008
• I still don't think that the experience issue in general is a winning one for Barack Obama. In fact, questions about Sarah Palin's experience could ...
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