From now until the day I die, I will never understand why so many people in this country cannot understand that we have a TWO-PARTY system, and the only way to effect change is to mold one of those parties to our wishes from within.
If Nethercutt runs as an independent, he will lose. (Well, okay, I'll grant that he would have an EXTREMELY small outside chance of winning if the following impossible confluence of events occurred: Murray got caught up in some massive scandal, the new GOP candidate ran a horrid race and Nethercutt found someone as brilliant as Lee Atwater and Serpenthead combined to run his campaign. But once he got to DC, he would be completely ineffective because he belonged to no party. Even Jim Jeffords has to effectively serve as a Democrat in order to get anything accomplished at all.)
If he runs as a Libertarian, he will lose.
If he runs on the Constitution Party, he will lose.
He can only win by running as a Republican or a Democrat. And Washington already has Murray the RAT, and we all know how wonderful she's been for her constituents.
But no. Even though Nethercutt was not personally involved one iota in the Estrada nomination ... even though it was Estrada himself that walked away ... some are going to cut off their nose to spite their face, in hopes of GUARANTEEING another six years of Murray the RAT.
I guess some would rather see Seattle turn into San Francisco North, as long as they can sit at home for the next six years smug in the self-satisfaction that by gum, they Did Something about that judge guy back in 2003 ... oh, what was his name again? Oh, look, President Dean's giving a speech on TV!