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Dude: Gregoire going Cabinet?
Sound Politics — ... the notion of Lt. Gov. Owen taking the reins until an appropriate special election. But it's all a very big if... UPDATE: Joe Turner at the TNT says it's more likely to be a big announcement about federal money for the Viaduct rather than Commerce. If that's true, I say "boo, hiss" to the Gregoire staff. Such a reality by no means merits the zip for information public posture they adopted. The damn thing is, his source could be telling the actual truth, or they could be outright lying as cover for a very close hold announcement (not exactly an unheard of tactic). Posted by ...

Hmmm. What’s Christine Gregoire up to in DC?
Michelle Malkin — ... are tracking. The Tacoma News-Tribune says it’s related to federal money for Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct and possibly more federal stimulus money: One of my sources said he couldn’t tell me where Gov. Chris Gregoire is now, but assured me she would still be my governor in March. “She’s not going to take Bill Richardson’s place as Commerce Secretary. So you can kill that story.” But he wouldn’t tell me anything else. And the governor is supposed to announce “something big” at 10:05 a.m. tomorrow. Another source speculated that Gregoire has lined up a big chunck of federal ...

Re: Secretary of Commerce Chris Gregoire?
HorsesAss.Org — ... Scanning the old RSS reader and the impressive amount of speculation by both dirty hippie leftist bloggers and traditional media types, I vote for the sensible speculation of Joe Turner at Political Buzz, who wonders if this is all about Viaduct money and then adds: ...