Posted on 08/17/2010 1:06:17 PM PDT by mdittmar
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Democratic Sen. Patty Murray looked to move a step closer toward a fourth term Tuesday in a race that Republicans believe they can win in an election year when antiestablishment sentiment is running high.
Murray and Republican challenger Dino Rossi are heavily favored to win Washington's primary and face off in November, in what could be a crucial election in the battle for control of the Senate. They already have been campaigning against each other in anticipation of a fall matchup, and President Barack Obama came to the state Tuesday to raise money for Murray.
Washington is one of three states holding primaries Tuesday. Wyoming was deciding a gubernatorial primary in the race to replace popular Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal, and Democrats in a legislative district along the California coast were hoping to lock up a state Senate seat in a closely watched special election that has attracted the interest of the president.
If the Democratic candidate wins the open seat, it would bring the party within one vote of the two-thirds majority they need in the Senate to approve budgets and tax increases. That possibility prompted the endorsement from the president, who says the ability of Republican state lawmakers to block the spending plans of majority Democrats is equivalent to the roadblocks he has faced in Congress. California Democrats are a couple of votes away from a two-thirds majority in the Assembly.
In Washington, the Senate race is a "top two" primary, meaning the candidates with the highest vote totals will move on to face each other in November. That is likely to be Murray and Rossi, a real estate investor who narrowly lost bids for the governor's office in 2004 and 2008.
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Rossi’s time should be past. He is too weak for the job that needs doing.
Two votes away from complete economic disaster..............
May the best man win,I’d vote for Bozo The Clown,if he could beat Patty Murray!
“Barack Obama came to the state Tuesday to raise money for Murray.”
That oughta kill her off ...
You’re for Patty Murray?
I am wondering about crossovers. They are really out to get her.
S/He’s probably not. Probably meant Clint Didier. That’s who I voted for. Rossi’s entrance into the senate race rubbed me the wrong way.
When does Juan McCain face his primary ?
Voted for Didier. I will vote in November for anyone NOT named Patty Murray with a chance of beating her.
AZ primary is on 8/24
Rasmussen poll (July 26, 2010) has McCain 54% and Hayworth 34%
Doesn’t look good.
No, GOOGLE...not anti-establishment. Anti-leftist and anti-RINO sentiment. But I don’t expect to find the truth on YOUR site!!
Clint Didier. By the time Obamalini is through “campaigning” by capitulating to Mohammedans and the economy continues to tank, Murray and her ilk will be nearly unelectable...unless they are running against weaklings like Rossi.
The best man is Didier. By the way, Murray is Bozo’s wife ;-)
Yup!
The lefty’s are desperate, even though here in the Soviet of Washington they shouldn’t be. Most dhimmi’s here willingly drink the blue kool-aid and would vote for a turd-salad sandwich if it had a (D) after it.
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