Let's be honest: Pretty much the only entertaining thing about election season is the political ads. And with this year's election inching ever closer, and Super PACs ready to flex their well-funded muscles, it's time to gear up for an onslaught of political propaganda the likes of which the world has never seen before.

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After attending a $17,900-per-person fundraising brunch at a private residence in the Seattle area earlier in the day, and before later flying to California to fundraise it up at George Clooney's house, President Barack Obama stopped by the Paramount Theatre today for a 1,800-person "fundraising reception" featuring music from Dave Matthews and a whole lot of adoring supporters.

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If the process of selecting a Republican presidential candidate has taught us anything, it's that the world can never have too many political debates of questionable merit. Seizing on this fact, on Monday Washington Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna challenged his Democratic opponent Jay Inslee to 15 debates in the coming months.

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The lines have been drawn, putting most of Democrat-centric Thurston County, including Olympia, in Washington's new 10th Congressional District. U.S. Rep. Adam Smith's 9th district will, under the draft plan unveiled today, move northward, ranging from northeast Tacoma to Renton and encompassing Bellevue and minority-rich south Seattle.

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When a meager 23 percent of the city's electorate approve of the job Mayor Mike McGinn is doing, it is understandable that money for a possible bid for reelection might be hard to come by. As of November 30, Seattle's bike-loving, tunnel-hating chief executive has raised a total of $31,709. His cash on hand presently sits at $2,258, according to campaign financial reports filed with the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission.

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Maria Cantwell is a popular Democratic Senator running for re-election in a strongly Democratic state. To unseat her in the 2012 elections, the GOP is going to have to bring someone strong, with fresh ideas and an ability to connect with more than a conservative base.

So far that someone appears to be Scott Stanzel, a man who worked for perhaps the most hated national politician in Washington state history.

UW political science professor and regular Daily Weekly political analyst Matt Barreto weighs in.

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It would appear that for all his talk about how a campaign commercial shot in the White House is grounds for criminally prosecuting President Obama, Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus doesn't actually believe it. He is, after all, traveling to Washington state today to try and rally support for getting rid of the president in a more traditional way: An election.

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The gubernatorial match-up everyone knew was coming, but which hadn't actually fully materialized, has finally done so.

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