[Man of the Right]

Washington State may have seen its last Republican statewide office holder for some time. When I lived in Portland from '75-'82, both Oregon and Washington were swing states. At the time, Oregon was slightly Republican, and Washington was slightly Democrat -- blue-collar Democrat, not Sandinista Democrat. By the time I returned to live in Washington State from '98-'02, Democrats held the upper hand in both Washington and Oregon, thanks to heavy leftist in-migration from California and the East and the leftist-inspired local demise of blue collar industries -- defense, aircraft assembly, aluminium manufacturing, forest products, mining, and fishing. Seattle and Portland are now politically to the left of Boston and I would argue, San Francisco. Understand how Berkeley, Calif. perceives the world and you begin to understand politicians like Murray.

If they recapture national office, it's tantamount to ordering up a nuclear detonation in your home town.

[Grampa7030]

The sad thing is the Republicans really have no candidates to challenge the woman once thought to be the dumbest member of the Senate. The mom with tennis shoes bit won her votes, but did nothing for her ability to understand issues. But she will get re-elected unless we can find a viable candidate and start getting the facts out about this commie. She and Jim McDermott are quite a pair to draw to.

[Clemenza]

I don't know. Franklin Roosevelt himself once spoke of "the 49 states and the People's Soviet of Washington (state)." This was back in the 1930s.