1.0Sightline Institutehttps://www.sightline.orgEric de Placehttps://www.sightline.org/profile/eric-de-place/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="UdsG3TToJD"><a href="https://www.sightline.org/2008/11/05/northwesterners-heading-to-the-other-washington/">Northwesterners Heading To the Other Washington?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.sightline.org/2008/11/05/northwesterners-heading-to-the-other-washington/embed/#?secret=UdsG3TToJD" width="600" height="338" title="“Northwesterners Heading To the Other Washington?” — Sightline Institute" data-secret="UdsG3TToJD" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> A few days ago, the insider-types over at Politico were kicking around shortlists for cabinet appointments and other high level sinecures in DC should Obama win the presidential election. Two prominent northwesterners make the lists. Washington’s congressional representative Jay Inslee could be considered for Secretary of the Interior. (The current interior secretary, Dirk Kempthorne, is also […]http://www.sightline.org/wp-content/images/legacy/us-flag-40ada343839808f6547c7f469a73559c-mini.png