Countdown to One Major Crappy Paper in Seattle

As most of the locals know, the Seattle P-I has been circling the drain for a while now. There's a lot of local hand-wringing going on, but this is something that the folks there should have seen coming. For one thing, they have mainly been a parrot of the AP for what seems like ever. For another, only the Seattle Weekly or Stephen Colbert leans further left.

The only question is will this be a quiet death at home, with just a few mourners, or is it going to be violent and drawn out. Either way, it should be quite entertaining.

UPDATE Ah, they've gone to a web-only format. For shame. Let's see if they can maintain their leftward stance in the sea of Huffingtons and Koses(?) out there.