No, Washington doesn't like mush-mouths, particularly if they are airbrains like Edwards. or weirdo idiosyncratic sui generis hawks like Graham.
Washington has over 8% unemployment, and is likely to have close to 10% unemployment by Nov 2004. The bursting of the "New Economy" tech bubble has hit Washington even harder than California, and those jobs ain't coming back anytime soon - at least not to Washington. Finally, Boeing's Seattle operations are swiftly getting moved elsewhere, even aside from the fact that Boeing itself is struggling in its commercial manufacture departments.
You can bank on Washington voting against Bush unless he takes at least 54% of the vote...