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If the Republicans could somehow convince Dino Rossi to throw his hat into the Washington State Senate race, it may help give the Republicans an unexpected, but welcome, pickup opportunity in 2006. Here are the head-to-head results from the latest poll from Strategic Vision WASHINGTON SENATE Dino Rossi 49% Senator Maria Cantwell 40%Cantwell 49% Jennifer Dunn 39% Cantwell 50% George Nethercutt 40% Cantwell 52% Chris Vance 37% This poll was done March 19-21 of 800 registered voters.

This may be a repost but an important one.Alexandria, VA) – Even though President Bush took the oath of office last week, taxpayers still have one piece of unfinished business from the election: some federal lawmakers – including many seeking higher office – received thousands of dollars in salary overpayments for being away from their jobs during 2003 and 2004. According to a study released today by the 350,000-member National Taxpayers Union (NTU), an obscure federal statute still on the books requires Congressional absentees to forfeit their pay unless they or a family member are ill; but leaders have failed...

WASHINGTON - For Tom Foley, election night was a bitter replay of a moment he would rather forget. Ten years after the former Democratic House speaker was turned out of office in a humiliating defeat, Foley watched as Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle was vanquished in a race with parallels to his own. In each case, voters more conservative than the veteran lawmaker representing them punished a leader they perceived as more in touch with the capital than his home state. If anyone understands Daschle's pain, it is Foley. His 1994 defeat made him the first sitting House speaker since...

Governor: Rossi (R) 51 Gregoire (D) 45 President: Kerry (D) 51 Bush (R) 47 Senate: Nethercutt (R) 45 Murry (D) 51 Attorney General McKenna (R) 49 Senn (D) 43 This is improved from 10/5 when it was Kerry (D) 54-43 Gregoire (D) by 10 Murray (D) by 19 Senn (D) by 5

By Associated Press Oct 29, 2004 - 07:54:37 am PDT OLYMPIA -- New polls show Republican Dino Rossi edging closer to the longtime Democratic front-runner, Christine Gregoire, in Washington's race for governor. Democratic Sen. Patty Murray's lead has widened over GOP nominee George Nethercutt. Polls also had Sen. John Kerry continuing a slim lead over President Bush in the battle for Washington's 11 electoral votes. Gregoire's lead over Rossi averaged about 6 percentage points in polls conducted this week, compared with the 8 or 9 point leads the attorney general enjoyed in September. Rossi said in an interview that voters...

Nethercutt is not winning this one....

I just received the latest polling numbers for the presidential race and other top-of-the-ticket races in Washington from Strategic Vision, LLC of Atlanta, Ga. The poll was conducted of 801 likely voters Oct. 16-18 with a plus/minus margin of 3%. Here's the straight scoop from Strategic Vision: "The poll finds Kerry-Edwards leading Bush-Cheney 51% to 45% with 4% undecided. With Ralph Nader included, the poll finds Kerry-Edwards leading 50% to 45%, Nader-Camejo 2%, and 3% undecided. Democrat Patty Murray leads Republican George Nethercutt 49% to 41% with 10% undecided. In the Governor's race, Democrat Christine Gregoire leads Republican Dino Rossi...

The Majority Fund for America's Future was created to support the Republican Senate Majority. Its goal is to make sure President Bush has the votes he needs in the Senate to cut taxes, confirm his judicial nominees, strengthen our homeland and fight the war on terrorism. We have identified the following Senate candidates as having the best chances for victory. John Thune (SD): John Thune is running in South Dakota against Tom Daschle. Recent polling indicates John Thune is closing in on victory.   Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK): Senator Murkowski is in a tight race in Alaska against Tony Knowles....

Turn this on now. Nethercutt is great and Murray is a complete idiot. I can't believe how one-sided this is! Even with biased questions. He souns great! Does he have a chance in this liberal state?

-- Republicans Likely to Pick Up Senate Seats by John Gizzi Posted Oct 15, 2004 With two weeks to go before voters go to the polls in 34 states to choose U.S. senators, prospects are good the Republicans will make a net gain of 3 seats. Such a gain would increase their Senate majority from the current 51 to 49 (when Independent Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont is counted with the Democrats) to 54 to 46. The Republicans appear poised to pick up seats in five states where Democratic incumbents are retiring--Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina But...

Democrats crooned about "my old Kentucky home" for 32 years until last November, when Bluegrass State voters decided they were tired of the same old song. Boosted by millions of dollars from the Republican Governors' Association, Ernie Fletcher became the first GOP governor elected since 1967. The Republican Governors' Association has planned a negative blitz against Democratic gubernatorial nominee Christine Gregoire in a bid to end the 20-year Democratic dominance of Washington's statehouse. The TV campaign was set to begin Oct. 2. An announcement came Friday that the ads were "going up today," but none was seen. The GOP effort...

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has canceled more than $1 million worth of Seattle-area television advertising scheduled on behalf of U.S. Senate candidate George Nethercutt in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 2 election. Advertising representatives at Seattle network affiliates KING, KIRO and KOMO confirmed that the committee this week canceled all the time it had reserved for ads between next week and Election Day. Dan Allen, NRSC spokesman, said, "it doesn't mean we can't do it in the future. We're assessing on a daily basis the entire playing field. We know he [Nethercutt] is a running a...

WASHINGTON -- While it would take a Kerry victory of enormous proportions to cause the House of Representatives to restore Democratic control, the Senate is a far different matter. There are enough Senate seats at play that if Democrats get all the breaks, they could well end up controlling that body again. Some years one party or the other gets almost all of the breaks. That is why, although political analyst Stu Rothenberg says the Republicans still have a slight edge, it is simply impossible to say that Democratic control is out of the question. In fact, it is very...

``George Nethercutt's ad is a lie -- and he knows it.'' -- Sen. Patty Murray What ad? The one showing Patty Murray at a Vancouver school telling students that Osama bin Laden is popular because he builds schools and day-care centers for people in the Arab world and we don't? Here's the quote: ``He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day-care facilities, building health care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. He's made their lives better. We have not done that.'' Sen. Murray is furious, saying that the ad insinuates that...

In case you haven't heard, the Marriage amendment got shot down in the house: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,134134,00.htmlHere's the Republicans voting Nay: Bass Biggert Bono Castle Cox Dreier Foley Frelinghuysen Gerlach Gibbons Gilchrest Greenwood Hobson Hostettler Houghton Johnson (CT) Kirk Knollenberg Kolbe Leach McInnis Ose Paul Pryce (OH) Sanders Shays Simmons Here's the republicans not voting: Boehlert Cannon Diaz-Balart, L. Diaz-Balart, M. Dunn Hunter Nethercutt Ros-Lehtinen Tauzin Be sure to contact these people & show your appreciation. Here's the list of Dems voting FOR: Berry Bishop (GA) Boucher Boyd Carson (OK) Chandler Cooper Costello Cramer Davis (AL) Davis (TN) Edwards Etheridge Ford Gordon...

(Note: I'm going to send out a fundraising email to raise money for George Nethercutt who is running against Patty (ossamamomma)Murray for US Senate. You are welcome and encouraged to use this email or any derivation there off for your own fund raising efforts.) KENNETH FOLEY: USAID Representative On October 28thth, 2002 Kenneth Foley was shot dead in front of his wife in Amman, Jordan by assailants who are now believed under the direction of Ansar al Islam’s Al-Zarqawi. Mr. Foley had a 40 year career working in public service starting as a Peace Corp’s volunteer in India in 1965....

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., has ``a different view of Osama bin Laden,'' her campaign rival charged Wednesday in an attack ad that uses a picture of the al-Qaida leader and the senator's words to challenge her credentials in the war on terror. ``She did not praise Osama bin Laden and we should stop playing politics with the war on terror and get on with winning it,'' countered Alex Glass, a spokeswoman for Murray. She called the commercial a ``desperate political attack'' by GOP rival George Nethercutt, who trails in the polls. The ad shows Murray telling an audience in 2002...

Washington's Senator Patty Murray is notoriously one of the dimmest bulbs in that body, but she outdid herself when she tried to explain that Osama bin Laden's popularity in the Arab world was the natural result of his financing the construction of hospitals and day care centers, something America has failed to do. This year, Congressman George Nethercutt is challenging Murray. He saved the heavy artillery until now: this morning he released a new ad, which consists almost entirely of video footage of Murray praising bin Laden. If this isn't enough to turn the election in Nethercutt's direction, the people...

Nethercutt is airing a tough new campaign ad that features one of Patty Murray's most appalling quotes: "He's been out in these countries for decades, building schools, building roads, building infrastructure, building day-care facilities, building health-care facilities, and the people are extremely grateful. He's made their lives better." Who was she talking about, Jimmy Carter? No, Osama bin Laden. If Murray loses, it may not be Kerry who brings her down. Click on the website to see the ad.

Wednesday, September 29, 2004 End game Posted: September 29, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Hugh Hewitt © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com With 34 days left before the election, the campaigns for the United States Senate around the country are making their final ad buys and preparing for their last mail drops. The GOP stands in pretty good shape, but needs a strong close in nine states to make a huge difference in the United States Supreme Court battles of next summer. If John Thune, Richard Burr, Pete Coors, Tom Coburn, Bill Jones, George Nethercutt, Mel Martinez and Jim DeMint join Lisa Murkowski in the...