This blog is designed to give readers a glimpse of our editorial-page operation and how we make our decisions. We’ll let you know who we’re meeting with, what they’re telling us, what events and issues we’re looking at. We’ll also pass on information and observations that may not make our print editions. In addition to the editorial board members who post on this blog, the board includes Publisher David Zeeck, Executive Editor Karen Peterson and Managing Editor Dale Phelps.
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Editorial page editor Patrick O’Callahan oversees the online and printed opinion sections of The News Tribune. He came to The News Tribune in 1987 and has worked at Washington newspapers since 1979. E-mail him at patrick.ocallahan@thenewstribune.com
Editorial writer Cheryl Tucker, in addition to writing commentary, manages the daily production of the editorial and op-ed pages and edits letters to the editor. She began her journalism career in 1974 at a Virginia newspaper and came to The News Tribune in 1978. E-mail her at cheryl.tucker@thenewstribune.com.
Editorial writer Kim Bradford manages the online opinion section of The News Tribune and writes commentary. She joined The News Tribune in 2005 after working 11 years at newspapers in Washington and Maryland. E-mail her at kim.bradford@thenewstribune.com.
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Editor emeritus David Seago retired from The News Tribune in 2008 after 41 years at The News Tribune. E-mail him at sds99@harbornet.com.
Richard Davis’ column on state politics frequently runs in the print edition of The News Tribune. He was president of the Washington Research Council, a statewide think tank, from 1986 through 2006. Currently, as a principal with The Simeon Partnership, Inc. he coordinates the activities of the Washington Alliance for a Competitive Economy, a business coalition founded by the Research Council, the Association of Washington Business and the Washington Roundtable.
Karen Irwin of University Place, a mother of four, has been a frequent contributor to The News Tribune's print editions. She has also written for Seattle's Child, Puget Sound Parent, the Tacoma Weekly, the Fayetteville Observer Times and the political blog Right Meets Left. She graduated from California Lutheran University with a degree in English literature and is currently working toward a history degree.
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For Sunday: Rep. Deb Wallace's suggestion that the Legislature reconsider cuts to health care was a good one even before swine flu hit Washington state. The writer who was working on this topic has been pulled away to work on something else, so we're subbing an editorial about the bills that are coming due for future Legislatures.
For Monday: The state had no place telling Pierce County to switch to all-mail ballot, but now that the question has been reserved for the people who should make the decision, a temporary suspension of the hybrid voting system is worth considering.
If you have comments or questions about these topics, please email them to patrick.ocallahan@thenewstribune.com. Editorials represent the consensus view of The News Tribune's editorial board.
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Geez, give a guy the nod on the eve of your state's presidential caucuses, and the federal government's apparently your oyster. Gov. Chris Gregoire's name has been bandied about for any number of Obama administration slots: vice president, energy secretary, attorney general, commerce secretary, interior secretary, ambassador to Kiribati. (OK, I made that last one up).
Now comes word that another plum – some would say the plummest yet – assignment could be hers: U.S. Supreme Court. As our friends over at Political Buzz have already noted, The New York Times mentioned Gregoire as a possible replacement for supposedly retiring Justice David Souter.
To review from the last go-around of rumormongering (when the governor turned up in Iraq rather than Obama's stable), if Gregoire were to depart for the other Washington, Lt. Gov. Brad Owen would take over until a special election could be held.
Back in January, the hope/fear was that an early departure by Gregoire would make perennial GOP foe Dino Rossi a shoo-in. I'm not so sure; after two failed bids, Rossi has the air of a has-been.
Attorney General Rob McKenna is looking a like a smarter pick these days if Republicans want to appeal to moderate voters. On the Dems side, there's Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown of Spokane. Even if you didn't agree with her income tax push this legislative session, you have to admire her dogged defense of it.
But does either have Rossi-like momentum to launch a gubernatorial bid on short notice? They and other potential candidate might be hoping that if Gregoire is indeed destined for D.C. that it takes Obama a bit longer to get around to tapping her.
