[Scott from the Left Coast]

You just don't get much from the Republicans in this state...probably because with the exception of low-population areas in the east and parts of the SW, the population of the state is overwhelmingly far left. Even our businesses (the large ones anyway) tilt strongly to the left.

I suspect that they honestly feel that unless they go totally RINO they have no chance of retaining their position. We haven't had any really good true conservatives that have fared very well (more than 40%) in statewide elections.

I've lived here for 46 years...and I'm anxious to move because I think it's become pretty hopeless here.

[fieldmarshaldj]

It's the Black Hole of Puget Sound that is the problem. Remove that communist cancer of Seattle, and the state would be halfway decent. The State Senate at least is Republican again, for all the good that does... My half-sister was born in Bremerton (I'm sure you know where that is) and she's now in Berkeley, an "educator" and registered member of the neo-Communist Peace & Freedom Party. No good comes out of those places... :-(