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For Seattle basketball fans, things are even gloomier than usual in the rainy Northwest -- the SuperSonics are picking up and leaving for Oklahoma City. While voters may not list sports as a high-priority issue in this year's governor's race between incumbent Christine Gregoire (D) and return challenger Dino Rossi (R), it evidently is for the pro-Rossi group It's Time For A Change.

In one of its latest attacks against Gregoire, the Olympia-based group released a radio spot (subscription) last week blaming her for the team’s departure. It opens with sounds of a large crowd. "Listen up, Sonics fans, the 2009 season’s almost here," a sports announcer says. "This talented young team will be a force for years to come and can only be seen right here in… Oklahoma City." The spot's sarcastic opening gives way to a narrator explaining how, rather than working with investors to ensure the team stayed in Seattle, the governor did nothing and let it go. "Gregoire sat at the end of the bench and accepted defeat. Now the clock has run out and the real losers are you, the fans," the narrator says.

The game doesn't stop there for the group, which also chastised the governor for her connections to -- and financial contributions she's received from -- tribal casinos. A TV ad (subscription) that was released a day after the Sonics spot shows an elderly woman trying unsuccessfully to win at a slot machine. After saying Gregoire funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to tribal casinos instead of "children’s health care and education," the ad claims the money came back to fund her campaign. "Sorry, dear," the narrator says in a caustic tone, "Ms. Gregoire and tribal casinos are the only winners here."

These spots follow a slew of others that It's Time For A Change, whose largest contributor is the conservative Building Industry Association of Washington, has dumped on the Gregoire camp.

The governor's team, however, hasn't been completely idle. In late June, the campaign released a radio spot (subscription) challenging claims that crime had increased because of Gregoire, pointing the finger of blame back at Rossi. "It’s hard to believe Dino Rossi and his special-interest friends are attacking Governor Gregoire on crime," a narrator says. "It’s Dino Rossi who wrote the budget that cut millions from supervising felons.... And it’s Rossi who opposed funding for a commitment center for sex predators. Check the record." Citing ways that the governor has cracked down on crime, the ad concludes: "No wonder every major police and law enforcement group has endorsed Chris Gregoire. When it comes to crime, the choice is clear: It’s Governor Gregoire who’s making our communities safer."