Ron Paul Endorses Clint Didier for Senate - Washington

[One Last Battle!]

When do results start coming in? 8:00 again?

[South Park Fan]

Oh well, I suppose Didier can be in a strong position to challenge Cantwell in 2012.

[Icymudpuppy]

Cantwell isn't near as bad as Murray.. She actually listens to her constituents, and doesn't always toe the party line.

[South Park Fan]

Cantwell isn't near as bad as Murray.. She actually listens to her constituents, and doesn't always toe the party line.

I know, but I was just trying to put the best spin on a bad situation.

[boneyard bill]

12% looked pretty disappointing but then I realized that it's an open primary. Didier got about a third as many votes as Rossi. So he actually got about a fourth of the Republican vote. Still not terribly exciting, but not awful either in a statewide contest for someone just entering politics. I guess we just have to accept the fact that most of our guys are going to lose the first time out because they're going up against people who've been involved for a long time.

Rand Paul had the advantage of a famous name which generated national publicity and money. (But I don't want to disparage the fact that he also worked very hard and succeeded in defining Trey Greyson as the establishment candidate). Justin Amash was a State Rep. But Schiff, Didier, Kokesh, and B.J. Harris were all first-time candidates with little name recognition. It may have helped Didier some that he's a former pro football player. But Rossi has run statewide several times before and was twice the GOP candidate for Governor.

It will be interesting to see how B.J. Lawson does this time out with more experience and more name recognition and with Obama being a burden for Democrat incumbents instead of an asset. Lawson is still clearly an underdog, but he has an outside shot. If he even comes close in that heavily Democrat district, it will be an inspiration for some of the people who have lost this time out.

[nate895]

Cantwell isn't near as bad as Murray.. She actually listens to her constituents, and doesn't always toe the party line.

They're still piles of statist excrement.