I'm not calling this race for Dino Rossi solely because of the masculine nature of the card above, though I am calling it for him tentatively, with much reservation. Patty Murray has been in the Senate just long enough to grow deep tentacles reaching down into the entrenched interests that want to keep her there. That means mucho money has come her way, in addition to foot soldiers courtesy of the SEIU and the Washington Teacher's Unions, and Gods only know who and what else.
But this is a Republican year, and the GOP has a decided edge when it comes to the money game. That's why Murray, the Democratic incumbent whom Anne Coulter calls the stupidest person in the Senate has been on the ropes this campaign season, with the advantage see-sawing first to and away from her and back to Rossi. At one point Murray seemed to be surging, but at last count, Rossi was maintaining a slim lead.
The money game. What would politics be without it?
Advantage Rossi, albeit barely, but just enough for me to call it for him. But, it's gonna be a long night.
