Bar's open! Step up and buy a drink for Governor Gregoire!

[Aristus]

She deserves it. And so do we all after Do-Over Dino Rossi's prolonged, overextended shit-fit.

What'll it be?

[sasquatch]

1. Spaten Beer

Because when the attacks came, she dug herself in and never surrnedered.

[Aristus]

2. Here y'go.

Drink up! L'chaim!

[MrModerate]

3. So . . . aren't the pubbies going to appeal?

Also, I lived in Seattle many years ago (over 25, gasp!) and it was a reliably liberal place. Sure Eastern Washington has some issues with the more progressive cities. And Eugene was regarded as satan's stomping ground by a tiny coterie of 80s fundies.

So what happened that Rossi got so close?

[lady lib]

4. RW talk radio and Fox?

eom

[Aristus]

5. Oh, they'll whine and cry and piss and moan and order the murder

of more "judicial activist judges".

But today was a victory. Let's celebrate! :party:

[AntiCoup2K4]

6. I blame it on the advertising

Rossi was no more "moderate" than Ellen Craswell, he just had better marketing. Like Junior (his idol) in 2000, he managed to sell himself as a centrist moderate who merely wanted to change things in Olympia for the benefit of all people. Sadly, it was effective to some degree. I know at least one Democrat who actually voted for the bastard, and I actually saw another car here in Oly that had a Rossi sticker right along side Dean & Patty Murray stickers (that site made me :puke: )

Then some national GOP funded "Republican Governors Association" started running an ad on TV around here about every 20 minutes with a voice that sounded literally demon posessed, calling Christine Gregoire just about every name short of a pedophile or an ax murderer. What's worse is that Chris never really did fight back against the sleaze ads. It was a lot like the Kerry campaign in many ways. Not surprising since Christine leans toward the DLC'ers. (She wasn't my first choice for governor)

Given all those factors, I knew going into it, that it wouldn't be a landslide victory. Of course I never expected an 8 month soap opera either.

[AlienGirl]

7. A toast to the Gov!

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Hi there Aristus!

I'm partial to the rose wines...whatever you've got! Good for Gregoire! She sure does deserve it, lol! And so you good people up there have real reason for celebration!

:toast:

[Suich]

9. Another toast to Gov. Gregoire!

Let's get rid of all the touch-screen Sequoia machines before the next election.

[BlueIris]

10. What the hell. Here's to Gov. Gregoire! Go, Christine!

Best of luck to you, ma'am. Why do I think the assholes in your states are going to resist complying with your gubernatorial wisdom?