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To: fieldmarshaldj

Good thoughts about Rossi - however, I’m not sure what he’s thinking about going to DC. Also, the rest of WA State is pretty conservative outside of Seattle - Rs can win given the right combination and if they genuinely appeal to the conservative base and rally behind the Tea Pary movement. We had 5,000 in Olympia and at or just over 1,000 in Seattle - and very spirited rallies - not bad for the communist black hole - as you put it. You can call Salazar a 2nd Tier candidate - and I’m not saying I’m on board - certainly am reserving judgment currently - but isn’t the whole 1st Tier, 2nd Tier idea kind of playing into the Republican status quo? Aren’t we DONE with that? More to come and we’ll certainly be watching.


11 posted on 04/25/2009 7:10:51 AM PDT by SeattleBruce
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To: SeattleBruce

First tier, second tier, etc., assesses the potential for a candidate to win. We can complain about shoehorning someone into such a category, but that’s how it goes, we can’t be naive. Dr. Salazar has little name recognition and unless he’s a multimillionaire pledged to commit upwards of $10 million (at minimum) to the general (nevermind primary, if contested), he can be dismissed out of hand. The days of winning major office on a shoestring are over (especially when you’re a member of a minority party in a given state). Sadly, Washington State, like California (and Oregon), have moonbat voting majorities, and that’s reflected by the garbage they regurgitate to DC (and to Olympia).


12 posted on 04/25/2009 7:48:35 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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