From the Seattle Times:
As blue as our state is, it's not so blue that a freewheeling Republican like John McCain couldn't win here. It doesn't look like that's going to happen now. After traveling around the state these past two weeks, I think I can pinpoint the precise day McCain lost it.
August 29, 2008. The day he picked Sarah Palin.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/10/how-mccain-lost-the-northwest/210189/
