I was thinking that too... he'd probably do better than Nethercutt would.
On another note, all those Libertarian nutburgers annoy the crap out of me. 2% of the vote? We've got some insane folks here... I know that not all the Libertarians would swing R...some would prefer to vote D. But still, without the Libertarians acting as spoiler, we'd still have Slade Gorton, we'd have Rossi as a lock right now, and there's probably 2-3 other close races in the past 4-6 years that would have gone R.
Sigh...
According to Dino's people, most of the Libertarian Vote this time around came out of Gregoire's hide...
That speaks volumes for me...