Election 2010: Washington Senate - Washington Senate: Rossi (R) 48% Murray (D) 46%

Rasmussen Reports ^ | 09/02/10

[MissesBush]

Good news. Patti Murray, like Barbara Boxer, is one of the US Senate's great stealth, do-nothing Senators and as such is utterly expendable. Nice Dems will have to spend a lot of $$$ defending this seat that along with the Feingold seat in Wisconsin they assumed would be a gimme. The media makes a big deal out of Dems having raised more money, but Dems are going to need significantly more money than the GOP to defend their incumbents, many of whom are in deep doo doo, than the GOP will to go after them. When you've got a bad political cycle like the Dems do, just having a few more million on hand isn't enough to overcome peoples' negative perceptions of your party and its candidates.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Rossi better look out when they start counting and re-counting votes in Kings County. That’s where the Dems. will try and steal it.

[boomop1]

Rats will steal it.

[MCOAvalanche]

Has this race tightened? I could swear I saw a poll over the weekend, or last week, with Rossi having 52%. The only reason I took not was because of the state’s usual leanings I was surprised a (R) had that big of a lead.

[Chattering Class of 58]

King County
Peirce County
Thurston County

Thank G-d I live out in Grays Harbor County! I have met Dino, he is a stand-up guy. Meeting him again at a fundraiser later this month.

GO ROSI!

[Grunthor]

“Election 2010: Washington Senate - Washington Senate: Rossi (R) 48% Murray (D) 46%”

Rossi is going to need every GOP voter and a sizable majority of the indies.

[Pete]

Already, we have seen seven Congressional incumbents lose in their primaries. I think some are tempted to see November 2 as the peak and then a decline in this trend after the election.

Many people fear that after the 2010 mid-terms, the GOP will have control and will slide back to their old ways. It won't matter.I see it differently. I think we are on an exponential curve, which means we will see many more incumbent losses in 2012 and even more in 2014. So much so that I believe much of Congress will be replaced in the next 4 to 6 years.

That sounds crazy to some people. (Like a Republican winning Kennedy's seat?) but I believe it will happen. Kind of heavy but I describe it in more detail here.

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Quick! Let’s start up a conservative third party so we can help Patty Murray keep her seat!!!!!!

[Crichton]

Has this race tightened? I could swear I saw a poll over the weekend, or last week, with Rossi having 52%.

Two polls from two different pollsters, both good quality. The variance is within the margin of error.

[mockingbyrd]

2% is close enough to steal.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Too close. King County will steal it late in the night.

[Tzimisce]

Which do you want: Liberal or Liberaler?

It’s Washington.

[Jerry Attrick]

One can only dream. Pathetic Patti needs to go!

[Proud_USA_Republican]

This is going to be one of the ugliest races of the election season. Murray is already running attack ads on major networks claiming Rossi wants to outsource everyone’s job to the 3rd world and she’s the white knight of jobs.
Makes me want to vomit. The only jobs she’s ever been concerned with are public labor and Boeing unions who fill her campaign coffers.

I pray every day she loses the race, but its going to be tight one.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

This is going to be one of the ugliest races of the election season. Murray is already running attack ads on major networks claiming Rossi wants to outsource everyone’s job to the 3rd world and she’s the white knight of jobs.
Makes me want to vomit. The only jobs she’s ever been concerned with are public labor and Boeing unions who fill her campaign coffers.

I pray every day she loses the race, but its going to be tight one.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

This is going to be one of the ugliest races of the election season. Murray is already running attack ads on major networks claiming Rossi wants to outsource everyone’s job to the 3rd world and she’s the white knight of jobs.
Makes me want to vomit. The only jobs she’s ever been concerned with are public labor and Boeing unions who fill her campaign coffers.

I pray every day she loses the race, but its going to be tight one.

[copaliscrossing]

King County
Peirce County
Thurston County

Thank G-d I live out in Grays Harbor County! I have met Dino, he is a stand-up guy. Meeting him again at a fundraiser later this month.

GO ROSI! I hear ya'. You're showing your GH County creds with the Rosi spelling. IIRC, there were some Rosi's in Hoquiam/Aberdeen area and I think one of them was a teacher.

Anyway, Rossi would be a huge IQ upgrade for our Senate seat.

[CPT Clay]

Looks like this one is in play.

Way past time for Patty to go.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Let’s see, how many Democratic Seats are in trouble in the Senate?

Almost a given GOP flip:

Arkansas - Lincoln
Pennsylvania - Specter
Indiana - Bayh
North Dakota - Dorgan

Trending heavily to the GOP:

Colorado - Bennett
Illinois - Burris
Delaware - Biden
Washington - Murray

Toss-ups, but serious challenge:

California - Boxer
Nevada - Reid
Wisconsin - Feingold

When I look at this, it looks like Obama, Biden and Reid could all lose their old (or current) seats. Boxer, Murray and Feingold are three of the most liberal Senators in the Senate.

This looks like it could go from a disaster to a catastrophe for the Democrats rather quickly.

[tatown]

King5 News has it at 52% Rossi 45% Murray. My guess is that he will win this with relative ease.