Oh come on. Washington State has been full of left wing loonies for many years. Go take a look at elected officials back 50 years. It has been a Democrat state, or do you consider people like Scoop Jackson to be closet Republicans?
I don’t deny that Oregon and Washington state were bad. I assert that the influx of Californians made it worse.
The Schludwiller beer commercials were right:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iigxaFBTAZ4