I think the most satisfactory detail -- if Gregoire is removed -- will be the consternation and figurative (alas, not literal) wrist-slashing that will go on at DU etc, and hearing the Hollyier-Than-Thous from the entertainment industry shoot off their mouths.
In the long run, it'll be better if the challenge is turned back, because that will blow back against the Dims starting next year in the Washington elections. Gregoire will be tainted by her illegitimacy. True, she and her cadre in the legislature will cause some damage while they remain in power, but their extremism will alienate their old base.
If the challenge goes forward and results in Gregoire's removal, the blowback will be directed at Republicans in Washington state.
It's easy for YOU to say that, since YOU won't have to live with the damage that they can, and will, do.
I have a novel idea. How about we give YOU Gregoire, and her fellow democrats, and we here in Washington sit back and tell you how great it will be for them to destroy your state because it will be good for the next election? Sound like an idea?