Christine Gregoire beats Dino Rossi! YAAAAY!!!

[msallied]

Go home DINO!

I was never a huge fan of Gregoire. My support was lukewarm, but she's a damn spot better than that prick Rossi!!! WOOT!

[Hawkeye-X]

1. At least no lawsuits flying around this year..

Rossi has no case at all.

Hawkeye-X

[msallied]

3. Nope! 52-48 right now! Definitely a decisive victory!!

I really hate that scumbag. He ran a despicable campaign!

[WA98296]

2. Shouting with you! Thank God!

[msallied]

4. I have to admit I was worried. The signs around here have been appalling strong for Rossi.

But I suppose they were overcompensating for a lack of votes. lmao!

[cemaphonic]

18. Yeah, I've been surprised at the number of Rossi signs I've seen here in N. Seattle/Shoreline

Especially considering how stoking anti-Seattle resentment has been such a big part of Rossi's campaign strategy.

[eridani]

36. Oddly enough, I've seen plenty of Rossi yard signs, but saw my first McCain sign two days ago

I think that Gregoire is overly cautious, but she's been a solid administrator.

[windbreeze]

43. and here in my area also...sw of Olympia....seems like a lot more

of them in the last week or so....had me a little worried...but then, this is the area, wherein, in the last election cycle, I had a yard sale....and a Rep guy tried to tell me that surely I recognized that Reagan single handedly tore down the Berlin wall....he was so serious, and I was so incredulous, that I said to him....surely you do NOT really believe that, right??..then after I laughed, I said, how about we agree to disagree, and no hard feelings...he agreed, thanked me for the chat, and left.......wb

[Agent William]

5. Ohhh thank god!

Thats good to hear...I didn't want a smarmy repug as my governor.

god to here..

[RiverStone]

6. Good!

Dino is a prick.

[Smuckies]

7. Nice.

[MadMaddie]

8. Thank goodness! Rossi would have been a disaster!

[msallied]

9. Our Assisted Suicide measure passed too!!

It looks like the Burner/Reichert race is close, but Burner did have the lead early on. Pierce County is still being counted!

[StreetKnowledge]

46. It did?!

Holy s***. I had expected that one to fail. :wow:

[vanderBeth]

10. Did I hear something about that race being ugly?

My aunt lives in Washington and while she voted for Obama, she didn't vote for Gregoire or Rossi.

[msallied]

13. Yes. Gregoire beat him by only 133 votes last time.

It was dragged out in the courts long after her inauguration and Rossi and his voters were VERY slighted. This time, the people spoke with a louder voice. It was also helped by the fact that there was no third-party candidate to play the spoiler. Libertarians have a strong showing here in WA.

[cemaphonic]

15. Oh, hell yes

Constant attack ads from both camps - anti-Seattle signs on roads (that the Seattle tax base pays for, natch) all over rural WA (their narrative is that Seattle "stole" the 2004 Gregoire vs. Rossi match.)

I certainly voted more to keep Rossi out than Gregoire in, so I can easily see people just getting turned off from both of them completely.

[springhill]

38. I happen to love Gregoire..............

and I think she has done a great job in Washington, and her goals and ideals are the same as Obamas. As she said in her acceptance speech, with Obama as our President, we can get so much done now.

[cemaphonic]

39. Yeah, it's mostly that the tone of the campaigning got to me

She's done a pretty good job all in all. And all the anti-Seattle crap coming out of Rossi's camp pissed me off to no end. I really do want him gone.

[cemaphonic]

11. Here's to hoping that the WA Republican party will go back to

Crazy Church Ladies, and Talk Show Hosts as their standard bearers.

This was just too close.

[Sebastian Doyle]

27. ELLEN CRASWELL ROOLS!1!!!!!111!!

SHE WAZ A MESSINGER FROM JEEZUS CHRIST HIM SELF !11!!!!1

[eleny]

12. Neener neener, Rossi!

[Bryan]

14. Hurray!

Being able to contribute to her recount in late 2004 when I couldn't realistically do anything to help the Presidential race was a valuable comfort. I'm glad she finally put Rossi away for good.

[EFerrari]

16. Yes! That's so great! Good job!

:applause:

I remember last time!

[racaulk]

17. Wooooo!!!!

Awesome news!

Do yourself a favor, Dino. Stay home in 2012. Washington has spoken, twice, and they don't want you!

[Sophree]

19. How many times is Dino Rossi going to run for office?

And keep losing and losing and losing...

[Sebastian Doyle]

29. Hopefully, this is the end of that bullshit.

When Dino started running for this office again, he didn't realize how low his idol The Chimp was going to sink. At that point, he thought he could recover a deficit of only 133 votes.

But in a year where positive campaigns won big - like President Obama's, Dino the Dumbass struck out with the most negative campaign in the history of Washington State.

Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Republicans voted for Chris. At least whatever remains of the Dan Evans/Ralph Munro wing of the party.

[FVZA_Colonel]

20. We kept that fundi fuckwad out of Olympia!

He would have tried to go on to Washington D.C., I know it!

[busybl]

21. I wouldn't buy a used car from rossi

let alone have him be governor.

[book_worm]

22. Dino Rossi on the rocks, I say yes.

[SeattleGirl]

23. w00t!!!!! I am so happy about this!

A Rossi win would have taken a little bit of joy from my happiness at Obama's win. Rossi is just another GWBush.

[anonymous171]

24. YES! Dino Rossi pissed me off so much!

I saved his "Change is good" mailer though. It made me laugh.

[Sebastian Doyle]

25. Thank the Good and merciful Lord Jesus Christ for that!!

And may Dino and his BIAW friends now slither back into whatever circle of fucking Hell they came from, and never bother the state of Washington with their stupid shit again

[Norrin Radd]

26. Darcy still ahead

[cemaphonic]

28. Nice!

My brother canvassed for her, and he doesn't even live in WA anymore.

[Norrin Radd]

30. Here's the link. Hopefully it doesn't change drastically.

http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/Results.aspx?ElectionID=26&JurisdictionTypeID=3&JurisdictionID=154&ViewMode=Results

[regnaD kciN]

31. Nothing's certain yet -- only 45% reporting...

Last time around, Gregoire got off to this kind of lead, but Rossi came back and actually took over the lead after late-mailed absentees were counted about a week later, then lost it on the recount. (Remember, Washington state is mail-only voting everywhere except King and Pierce counties, and you only have to get your ballot postmarked by Election Day to have it count. Lots and lots of votes in this election are still in thousands of USPS mailbags, waiting to be delivered and tallied.)

With only a 4% lead, and the prospect of new vote counts going on for at least the next week, this one's far from over. Check back again by around November 15th or 20th.

[NWPatriot]

32. Uh...Not so fast, friends....

At 10:50pm, KING-5 (NBC) has just released a statement from the Rossi campaign, saying that they are NOT conceding.

They are saying that there are MANY more votes yet to be counted. (This is true...my own county, Pierce, has only released their FIRST numbers just before 10:30pm, due to computer problems.) The final numbers aren't in from Spokane, King, or Snohomish counties, either.

Despite what the networks say...this is NOT over yet. Stay tuned.

[cemaphonic]

33. Certainly true

Unless he wins big in Pierce, I don't see him pulling ahead though. Most of the rural counties show +90 reporting, and Rossi sure as hell isn't netting 50000 votes out of what's left of King and Snohomish - he'll probably lose ground there as they come in.

[lcdnumber6]

34. wooohoo!!!

looks like Eyman's hairbrained intiative will go down in flames, so a good night in Wa. state too!

[msallied]

40. Oh I agree!! As soon as I asw Eyman's name attached to that bullshit, I voted NO

[swishyfeet]

35. Proud of my northern neighbors tonight!

Even though Oregon is bluer... neener neener.

[SeattleGirl]

37. Yeah, but we're working on catching up to y'all!

:hi:

[msallied]

41. Well it looks like the race has been called for Gregoire but Rossi isn't conceding yet.

Shit. We sure do love our drama here. LOL

[windbreeze]

45. Same old crap as last time...

How'd Darcy Burner do??? Her site says nothing...bad sign?? wb

[StreetKnowledge]

47. That's a Surprise?

Rossi fought like hell last time, and he took ages to concede even when Gregoire had been proven winner. Now he's lost decisively, and he's still fighting like a moron. :mad: Give up, you fool, you've lost!

[liberaldem4ever]

42. Maybe now Dino will go away and stay gone

I was almost to the end of my rope with his non-stop attacks and lies. The Rethugs must have spent a fortune constantly running all those ads.

Thank God the people of WA are smart enough not to buy into all that BS.

[StreetKnowledge]

44. How much we gonna bet

That sorryass Rossi tries to beat Gregoire a third time in 2012? That dumb prick just doesn't give up very easily.

[Sebastian Doyle]

48. I'm actually more worried that he'll try again and it will be an open seat.

There's no term limits on the governor's office in Washington, but third terms are rare. If Chris doesn't want one, it's an open seat. Will the Repukes run Dino a third time? In this state, the party is certainly dumb enough to do so.

But I'm not even going to stress about that until at least 2011 :)

[cemaphonic]

49. Rossi conceded

Still a bunch of votes to count, but Gregoire just has too high a lead for him to make up.

A good night for WA, all in all, although it looks like Burner isn't going to win.

[mimitabby]

50. Dino the GOP but not republican

for those of you that don't know, he didn't want people to think he was a Rethuglican so he was on the ballot as
"GOP" instead. come to think of it, did it say GOP Party? that would be even funnier.
Then last night he was on TV giving what SOUNDED like an acceptance speech!
I do hope he finds a new career soon.

[freeplessinseattle]

51. Was less than gracious in his concession speech

but at least the crowd didn't boo like McCain's crowd did.

oh, and he's going to pray for Christine tonight. how sweet.

[uppityperson]

52. Good for him for conceding. Now, go home dino.