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Today is the birthday of former Washington Redskins star tight end, Clint Didier. A hero on and off the field, a Christian gentleman, farmer and congressional candidate, he answered to many friends wishing him a happy birthday on his Facebook page with this poignant statement. I offer his words in promise as an inspiring thought for all of us who still believe there is goodness coming.

SPOKANE, Wash. — No matter who people vote for on Tuesday, a Republican is almost certain to win the open U.S. House seat in central Washington. Dan Newhouse, from the establishment wing of the GOP, is locked in a tight race with tea party Republican Clint Didier to succeed retiring Republican U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings. The 4th Congressional district covers Yakima, the Tri-Cities and much of the central portion of the state. This is the first time in state history that two members of the same party advanced to the general election for a House seat, which is a result...

Former Washington Redskins tight end Clint Didier, who is seeking to replace the retiring Congressman Doc Hastings in Washington State’s 4th congressional district, received a powerful endorsement on Thursday. Didier, a principled constitutional conservative with enthusiastic support from the pro-freedom Tea Party movement, was endorsed by Sarah Palin, who said “Clint sees the dangers facing our next generation,” and will “fight for farmers, for lower taxes, and less government.” Didier, who won two Super Bowl rings playing for the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl’s XVII and XXII under coach Joe Gibbs, became a farmer after retiring from his NFL career...

Former Washington Redskins tight end and Tea Party-backed candidate, Clint Didier, seeking to replace the retiring Congressman Doc Hastings in Washington State’s 4th congressional district, advanced against a crowded field of Republican hopefuls in Tuesday’s GOP primary. Didier, who won two Super Bowl rings playing in Super Bowl’s XVII and XXII under coach Joe Gibbs, is a farmer residing in Eltopia, WA. Because of Washington State’s somewhat unusual “top-two” primary system, which advances the leading two vote-getters regardless of party status, Dan Newhouse, a GOP establishment-backed candidate and top money fundraiser in the race thus far, will also advance to...

Clint Didier threw a punch at Republican Senate candidate Dino Rossi on Friday, saying he won't endorse him unless Rossi makes some solid promises about where he stands on taxes, federal spending and abortion. Didier, the former NFL player and Pasco farmer who placed a distant third in this week's primary, said he could change his mind in a heartbeat if Rossi meets his demands. But Rossi's campaign said he won't submit to demands by Didier or anyone else. "I want to endorse Dino Rossi. I really do," Didier said at a news conference in downtown Seattle. "I want to...

The Senate candidate that had backing from the Tea Party, Clint Didier garnered about 12 percent of the vote on Tuesday’s primary election. Didier relied heavily on his endorsement from Sarah Palin for his bid against Republican Dino Rossi. Didier says although Palin didn’t come to Washington, her backing still helped his campaign. Clint Didier: “Let me tell you what, don’t you take anything away from Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin is working her tail off for this country. She’s been all over this country to different states. She’s going where she thinks she can do the most good, I just...

An extra push is coming from Sarah Palin for the Didier for Senate campaign in Washington State in the last four days of the primary. About a half-million voters across the state will be getting a call from the former V.P. candidate urging them to vote for Clint Didier. Palin's May 21 endorsement of Didier was one of her earliest endorsements this campaign season, calling him a "selfless, inspiring commonsense constitutional conservative who will help put our country on the right track." Palin's recorded message calls Didier a "...a new kind of Republican. A true conservative dedicated to our nation's...

Republican Clint Didier has been trying to get former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to headline political rallies or fund-raising events for him since she endorsed the former NFL player's U.S. Senate candidacy in May. In June, Didier campaign advisers told POLITICO that Palin described herself as "all in" for Didier. They hoped to schedule two Palin events, one in eastern Washington and one on the west side. Last month, when I visited Didier on his farm near Pasco, he said he still expected Palin would do an event for him before the primary. That could have given his underdog campaign...

Republican U.S. Senate candidates Clint Didier and Paul Akers plan to participate in a telephone town hall forum Thursday night that will include some kind of "important joint announcement." That news - posted on the Didier web site - quickly got some speculating (like the Stranger's Eli Sanders, who noticed the announcement first) that maybe Akers was going to drop out and endorse Didier. (Or vice versa.) I confess I had the same suspicion. It's very unusual for two candidates running in the same race to be doing a joint announcement of any sort. Both Akers and Didier are essentially...

Washington's Senate race looks increasingly like a referendum on incumbent Democrat Patty Murray with two Republican candidates edging past her this month. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Washington State finds Republican hopefuls Dino Rossi and Clint Didier both earning 48% support in match-ups with Murray. She, in turn, picks up 45% of the vote against the two GOP challengers. Less than 10% of voters in both cases prefer some other candidate in the race or are undecided. In June, Murray and Rossi were tied as they have been in virtually every survey this year. Since...

U.S. Senate Candidate Clint Didier will be our special guest tonight on the America's Summit call.Please join us!9:00 pm Eastern - 6:00 pm Pacific America's Summit call information Clint Didier's campaign website Thanks for lining him up, Val!

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YAKIMA -- Clint Didier smiled, talking about his endorsement from Sarah Palin.Didier, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in town to share a campaign rally with Republican state House candidate Michele Strobel, has followed races elsewhere in the country and seen how the former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate's blessing has helped others. He believes it could help him upset GOP favorite Dino Rossi, who, like Didier, is looking to oust three-term incumbent Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash."It's all-important," the Eltopia farmer and former NFL tight end said during an interview before this week's rally. "(Palin) is one of the leaders...

GOP challenger Dino Rossi has gained ground on incumbent U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) over the past six weeks according to the latest Elway poll. According to an earlier Elway poll, Rossi trailed Murray 34 percent to 51 percent at the beginning of May, but now trails by just 7 points—40 percent to 47 percent. The poll also indicated that the upcoming race and election should be intensely partisan, with 89 percent of Democrats supporting Murray and 84 percent of Republicans supporting Rossi. According to the poll, “Had this been a survey of just partisans, Murray would have had a...

Dino Rossi and Clint Didier—the anointed GOP candidate and the Tea Party candidate in the de facto August Republican primary going for the chance to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray in November—both spoke and answered questions at a Tea Party event yesterday in Vancouver in advance of this weekend’s Republican convention there. The Everett Herald has an excellent report: Where Rossi avoided direct answers to most of the questions, Didier didn’t, and his answers were what they wanted to hear. For example, on whether each backed Arizona’s controversial law dealing with immigrants, Rossi responded that the nation needs...

Didier wins backing of Palin Glory-days Redskins player Clint Didier has emerged as game-changer in the Senate race in Washington. The two-time Super Bowl champion has received a key endorsement from former Alaska Gov. and GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in a wide-open Republican primary for the seat of incumbent Democrat Patty Murray. "It caught me a little off-guard," said Mr Didier, who has met Mrs. Palin only once, at a book signing in his home state. "But it was a welcome endorsement that really got me going. But as in football, a touchdown is not the end of...

Sarah Palin on Thursday endorsed a Senate candidate backed by the tea party, a move that complicates national Republican efforts to recruit their favored choice in the Washington state race.On her Twitter account, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice presidential candidate described Clint Didier, a former Washington Redskins player, as a "patriot running for U.S. Senate to serve his state & our country for all the right reasons!" She didn't mention Dino Rossi, a two-time candidate for governor who is widely anticipated to jump into the race challenging Democratic Sen. Patty Murray in November.National Democrats have been aggressively criticizing...

I’m proud to support Clint Didier as he willingly puts it all on the line to serve Washington state in the U.S. Senate for all the right reasons! This selfless, inspiring commonsense constitutional conservative will help put our country on the right track. Please visit Clint’s website here, and follow him on Facebook and Twitter. Let’s get behind #86! - Sarah Palin

Shortly before Super Bowl XXII, Clint Didier had a dream that his team, the Washington Redskins would be down, but come back to win, and that he would catch a touchdown pass. That dream came true. Later that year, Didier dreamed that he would no longer be with the the Redskins and watch from afar as they played in another Super Bowl. That dream also came true. Now, Clint dreams of going back to Washington, D.C., this time as a U.S. Senator, to rein in what he sees as a government out of countrol. Disgusted at the confirmation of Obama...