[Publius]

I view it from a slightly different angle.

Lacking a mandate, Gregoire decided to govern the way Gary Locke governed; ie., she did nothing for 4 years. "Like King Gary before her, Queen Christine neither sowed nor reaped, yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed as one of these."

When a governor does nothing, the bureaucracy runs things. If you look at the ferry issue and other issues, you see the guiding hand of bureaucrats, and it's been that way for 12 years now. Gregoire has handed governance over to unelected officials.

That's the issue Rossi should be hammering.

[Libertina]

I believe Rossi will be getting "sharper" as the campaign goes on. But remember Hillary when Lazio handed her a piece of paper? I work with political liberals daily and they are already saying that "for his own good" Rossi should be "positive" like last time. In their opinion he is now being too mean. Dino must be careful or Chrissy DeFraudoire, the media accomplices, and Washington sheeple of the left will all be pulling out the injured and assaulted woman platform. Bet on it.