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How Much Partisan Gridlock Is In Our Own State Politics?

caption: Washington state capitol in Olympia.
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Washington state capitol in Olympia.
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Bill Radke talks with KUOW Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about how much partisan dysfunction exists in the Washington State Legislature, where there is a Republican Senate and a Democratic house. In his final State of the Union Address Tuesday, President Obama said "Democracy grinds to a halt without a willingness to compromise."

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