Again, I'm on the other side of the country and would
NEVER try to tell someone from Washington (or even around there, or someone who followed the race closely at all) that they were wrong and I was right. But just for example, not a FReeper, but I remember Michael Medved (who does live in WA) saying that the Libertarian candidate took an unusually high amount of votes because a lot of C's thought Rossi was a RINO. Given, Medved hates third party candidates and voters (quite irrationally, in my opinion).
If you all think he's not, then that's good enough for me. Just thought I'd point out one known source.
Owl_Eagle
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