This race has become very unpredictable. Just as McGavick was tanking, the lobbyist scandal has given him an opportunity. The question now is whether he will take advantage of it.
The voter demographic of Washington has been destoryed by a decade of Californians and east coast liberals moving here in droves. Republican chances of winning anything is about 0. Dino Rossi came close in the governor race, but only because Christine Gregorie is a complete moron and was a trainwreck during her days as a D.A.
The fact that she's in the governors mansion speaks loud and clear what Washington state is about these days.
You could put a drunken monkey on the ballot, and if it had a (D) next to his name, the liberals in Seattle would vote for it.
Cantwell the last time she ran, only won in 5 out of around 40 districts in WA state, but was enough for her to win because Seattle is the only major city in WA State and flooded with transplant liberals from other states. Those 5 districts are all around Seattle.
I'm, unfortunately, guessing Washington will be a R version of Virginia. It might look like we have a chance because of some weird circumstances, but we really don't.