Campaign 2004: Murray foe stresses security, health (Nethercutt vs Usama)

The Columbian ^ | January 16, 2004 | GREGG HERRINGTON

[Pubbie]

This will be the most entertaining Senate race of 2004.

This is a contest between a Resourceful, Clever Conservative in Nethercutt, running against an unmitigated blithering idiot in Murray.

[goodnesswins]

Well, there's lots of "blithering idiots" in western Washington, around Puget Sound, where the most population is......I pray Nethercutt CUTS Murray out of her senate position.

[Pubbie]

*Ping*!

[Pubbie]

Washington is winnable for Nethercutt.

I expect Bush to carry WA in November.

[goodnesswins]

You live in Connecticut don't you? What makes you think WASHINGTON, the State, is winnable for Nethercutt? And, MAYBE President Bush will carry WA in November.

[Pubbie]

Bush got 45% in Washington despite not spending anything to win the state in 2000.

And Slade Gorton got 48.5% in 2000.

The state isn't as Liberal as people think it is.

If Nethercutt can do better than Gorton did in Clark county, and do well in the Seattle suburbs the race is very winnable - hard but by no means impossible.

[JohnnyZ]

The two biggest concerns facing the country are international security and the cost and accessibility of health care, and he and Murray are poles apart on how best to fix those problems.

Excellent platform for Nethercutt to run on. Very popular, common sense, non-ideological positions. Keep it simple, draw contrasts.

I like it!

[Cicero]

I lived in Seattle for three years, but that was quite a while ago.

The question is whether Murray has been so outstandingly blithering over the past few years that her regular fans might have some doubts about her. Her comments about Osama and daycare were decidely counterproductive.

[Pubbie]

I told you that you this race is going to be a blast to watch!

[Pubbie]

The Tort Reform platform will have great appeal to the affluent Seattle suburbs which are fiscally Conservative and Socially Moderate/Liberal.

And the National security issue will help Nethercutt clean house in Eastern Washington.

[wylenetheconservative]

Has any polling been done on the Nethercutt/Murray matchup?

[Pubbie]

In a head to head matchup Murray is under 50% and 25% are undecided.

[Clintonfatigued]

It's true that Patty Murray is a blithering idiot. Even the left-wing magazine The Progressive calls her one of the dumbest members of Congress. But she has tons more money than Nethercutt, and a solid base in Seattle The race still leans 'Rat.

[Pubbie]

"But she has tons more money than Nethercutt, and a solid base in Seattle The race still leans 'Rat."

Her Money advantage isn't that big of a deal because Bush is going to try to win WA this time, so Murray will have to deal with Bush attack ads that Blast her and Dean, in addition to ads run by the Nethercutt campaign.

In a head to head matchup against Nethercutt, Murray only has 48%. Since she is under 50%, I would say she is vulnerable.

[Kuksool]

Nethercutt needs to really turnout his base in Eastern WA in order to have a chance. There are just too many DUmmies living in the Seattle Metro area.

[zbigreddogz]

As a Washington native, I'd like to believe you, but I think it's unlikely.

If Dean's the nominee, anything's possible, but I don't think it's likely that GWB will carry Wa.

Nethercutt can win, but again, I think the odds are at the very least 60/40 against him.

[zbigreddogz]

She is certainly vulnerable, and we have a fairly good canddiate running against her (nowhere near as good as Jennifer Dunn would have been), but face it, the odds are still in her favor.

[goodnesswins]

"As a Washington native..."

Oh My God....there's another one here?.....LOL.

[jagrmeister]

>Murray foe stresses security, health (Nethercutt vs Usama)

I like how the liberal media characterizes Republicans as "foes" and Democrats as "challengers". They also call conservative organizations "opponents" of a bill while liberal organizations are called "critics" of the bill.

[zbigreddogz]

At least one. Ha, ha. What area do you live in?