Rossi to announce next week, sez local blog

[Landslide Lyndon]

Yeah Palin tweeted her endorsement.  lolrossifail

Palin's endorsement means jack s#!t outside the South. The west coast is smarter than that.

Well technically she was elected on the West Coast.  Just sayin.

In the West Coast version of Wyoming. Way the hell up north, where their brains are probably frozen to the insides of their heads.

Elitist!

[bgwah]

Yeah Palin tweeted her endorsement.  lolrossifail

Palin's endorsement means jack s#!t outside the South. The west coast is smarter than that.

Well technically she was elected on the West Coast.  Just sayin.

In the West Coast version of Wyoming. Way the hell up north, where their brains are probably frozen to the insides of their heads.

Yeah, Washington Republicans are much more moderate.

[Vepres]

Not sure where all the Rossi hate comes from

After all, Campbell also ran for state-wide office and lost multiple times, yet he's still taken far more seriously than Rossi here. I was under the impression that this happened a lot: a candidate running multiple times for office before they actually win. A number of the freshmen Democrats lost in 2006, same with 2006 freshmen losing in 2004.

[SvenssonRS]

Yeah Palin tweeted her endorsement.  lolrossifail

Palin's endorsement means jack s#!t outside the South. The west coast is smarter than that.

Well technically she was elected on the West Coast.  Just sayin.

In the West Coast version of Wyoming. Way the hell up north, where their brains are probably frozen to the insides of their heads.

Yeah, Washington Republicans are much more moderate.

...I pray that's a fluke, and I'm not even religious.

Still, that was 1988, when Republican nuttery was at, potentially, its all-time high. Rossi is the national Republicans' candidate - he has the senatorial campaign commission behind him, while Palin's endorsed nutcake does not. I ask which one means more.

EDIT: I note that Robertson also managed to win Hawaii. Yeah, I'm going with a fluke.

[bgwah]

Grayson was also the national party's candidate...

[SvenssonRS]

Grayson was also the national party's candidate...

His loss was his own fault. He was a hilariously bad candidate, even worse than Martha Coakley.

[bgwah]

I merely said it's possible that Rossi won't easily pass through the primaries. He's certainly favored, and I suspect he will beat Didier.

You then seemed to be suggesting that Washington's Republican Party is moderate or something, which it totally isn't.

[SvenssonRS]

I merely said it's possible that Rossi won't easily pass through the primaries. He's certainly favored, and I suspect he will beat Didier.

You then seemed to be suggesting that Washington's Republican Party is moderate or something, which it totally isn't.

Well, I acknowledge that they're just about as moderate as George Voinovich is moderate. But I doubt they're just plain stupid. That was basically my point.

[The Vorlon]

He couldn't even beat Gregoire twice, and he thinks he can take down Murray...

The last time Rossi "lost" it may have had more to do with how the ballots were counted, as opposed to how they were cast....

That race was exceptionally close, and the environment is a tad less favorable to the Democrats than it was last time Murray was running.

Rossi would, in my eyes, be a (very) slight favorite actually in this election cycle.

[bgwah]

He couldn't even beat Gregoire twice, and he thinks he can take down Murray...

The last time Rossi "lost" it may have had more to do with how the ballots were counted, as opposed to how they were cast....

Yawn. I suppose you have proof that nobody else has had over the past six years?

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Yes, Rossi was close when he was running against an awful candidate. Murray is a stronger candidate than Gregoire, and is much more popular.

[HappyWarrior]

Yeah Palin tweeted her endorsement.  lolrossifail

Palin's endorsement means jack s#!t outside the South. The west coast is smarter than that.

Well technically she was elected on the West Coast.  Just sayin.

In the West Coast version of Wyoming. Way the hell up north, where their brains are probably frozen to the insides of their heads.

Yeah, Washington Republicans are much more moderate.

...I pray that's a fluke, and I'm not even religious.

Still, that was 1988, when Republican nuttery was at, potentially, its all-time high. Rossi is the national Republicans' candidate - he has the senatorial campaign commission behind him, while Palin's endorsed nutcake does not. I ask which one means more.

EDIT: I note that Robertson also managed to win Hawaii. Yeah, I'm going with a fluke.

Personally I think Republican nuttery is at it's worst right now with the tea partiers.

[Meeker]

It may be a mistake to assume Rossi will easily make it past the primary, anyway... People also seemed to think Herrera would easily be the Republican candidate in WA-3 initially.

Rossi is irritating lots of local Republicans and I get the impression the Tea Party forces are rallying around Didier. It sounds like Palin is supporting Didier. Not to mention all of the recent primaries in other states!

Yeah, I was going to post something to this effect. Rossi won't have a cakewalk making it to the general. Although he'll benefit from the fact that, apart from Didier, there are also two reasonably well-financed and run campaigns going on as well - Akers and Benton.

[sg0508]

Rossi won't win anyhow.  That ship has past in my opinion and he's less likely to win in a national race (Senatorial) than against a weak incumbent in a gov. race. 

[Dan the Roman]

He couldn't even beat Gregoire twice, and he thinks he can take down Murray...

The last time Rossi "lost" it may have had more to do with how the ballots were counted, as opposed to how they were cast....

That race was exceptionally close, and the environment is a tad less favorable to the Democrats than it was last time Murray was running.

Rossi would, in my eyes, be a (very) slight favorite actually in this election cycle.

Rossi lost by 7% last time. And I don't think there is anything particularly tocix for Democrats in Washington which would help a generic Conservative Republican(which by this point Rossi is viewed as) win against an incumbent, especially starting this late.

Frankly though I would be shocked if he got in. It goes against everything on the "informed" grapevine(ie. a Rossi campaign, due to the fact that Rossi is a national republican star(c) would naturally be attempting to attract national talent. There has been no recruitment in the national GOP hijackers and the consensus there is that there will not be a campaign.

[Lunar]

Huckabee did quite well in Washington too.

Remember that West Coast Republicans aren't more moderate, only Successful West Coast Politicians.


I believe Oregon is the #1 state in the country in terms of how far apart its Democrats are ideologically from its Republicans

[Meeker]

Frankly though I would be shocked if he got in. It goes against everything on the "informed" grapevine(ie. a Rossi campaign, due to the fact that Rossi is a national republican star(c) would naturally be attempting to attract national talent. There has been no recruitment in the national GOP hijackers and the consensus there is that there will not be a campaign.

I'm not quite sure what you're saying here, but John Cornyn and the NRSC have been encouraging Rossi to get in for a while.

[Vepres]

He couldn't even beat Gregoire twice, and he thinks he can take down Murray...

The last time Rossi "lost" it may have had more to do with how the ballots were counted, as opposed to how they were cast....

Yawn. I suppose you have proof that nobody else has had over the past six years?

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Yes, Rossi was close when he was running against an awful candidate. Murray is a stronger candidate than Gregoire, and is much more popular.

I had the impression Murray was pretty weak for an incumbent.

[Lunar]

He couldn't even beat Gregoire twice, and he thinks he can take down Murray...

The last time Rossi "lost" it may have had more to do with how the ballots were counted, as opposed to how they were cast....

Yawn. I suppose you have proof that nobody else has had over the past six years?

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Yes, Rossi was close when he was running against an awful candidate. Murray is a stronger candidate than Gregoire, and is much more popular.

I had the impression Murray was pretty weak for an incumbent.

Huh?  She has a huge warchest and is a talented campaigner and is a shrewd politician to boot.  

I mean, she starts with a 6 million dollar edge and a huge partisan ID advantage before Rossi even enters the cycle.

ONLY Rossi would have a HOPE of beating her.  And Rossi hasn't been planning this campaign very long and hasn't been carefully controlling his profile so as to avoid oppo research dumps against his candidacy. 

[Dan the Roman]

Frankly though I would be shocked if he got in. It goes against everything on the "informed" grapevine(ie. a Rossi campaign, due to the fact that Rossi is a national republican star(c) would naturally be attempting to attract national talent. There has been no recruitment in the national GOP hijackers and the consensus there is that there will not be a campaign.

I'm not quite sure what you're saying here, but John Cornyn and the NRSC have been encouraging Rossi to get in for a while.

What I meant was I have a number of friends who are floating GOP campaign staff, and tend to gravitate to races like this. BY this I mean a Republican who has a much stronger national profile than local profile, and therefore ends up with a staff largely from out of state, rather than one they have built up stemselves. A number of them had been looking forward to a Rossi run over the last few months, and in the last week or two seem to have concluded he is not going to actually run. Its  possible Rossi has done his preparation in secret, but given who is speading these stories about him running, the Palin endorsment, what I have heard, I tend to doubt that he is running.

[Lunar]

Frankly though I would be shocked if he got in. It goes against everything on the "informed" grapevine(ie. a Rossi campaign, due to the fact that Rossi is a national republican star(c) would naturally be attempting to attract national talent. There has been no recruitment in the national GOP hijackers and the consensus there is that there will not be a campaign.

I'm not quite sure what you're saying here, but John Cornyn and the NRSC have been encouraging Rossi to get in for a while.

What I meant was I have a number of friends who are floating GOP campaign staff, and tend to gravitate to races like this. BY this I mean a Republican who has a much stronger national profile than local profile, and therefore ends up with a staff largely from out of state, rather than one they have built up stemselves. A number of them had been looking forward to a Rossi run over the last few months, and in the last week or two seem to have concluded he is not going to actually run. Its  possible Rossi has done his preparation in secret, but given who is speading these stories about him running, the Palin endorsment, what I have heard, I tend to doubt that he is running.

The word on D.C. inside is that Rossi IS going to run fwiw.  I'm not an insider who would hear such things that's not out in the press, but I'm not 100% immune to such things, and I compulsively have read on D.C. blogs that this is the feeling.

It's been my assumption for a while, from reading D.C. crap, that Rossi is the candidate in the race.  It wouldn't surprise me if he declined to run, but it would surprise me if his candidacy were a fabrication.

[Meeker]

Announcement coming Wednesday.