I am lighting candles, sacrificing sheep, whatever it takes. I’m begging, talking to God every day that it be Darcy Burner because she is the Dennis Kucinich of Washington State. If Darcy is the nominee, we will get 60 percent of the vote, easy.
— Washington State Republican Party Chairman Kirby Wilbur, fantasizing about a Darcy Burner/John Koster matchup in November. Wilbur ought to be careful what he wishes for. Republicans were gleeful when Howard Dean took over the Democratic National Committee. But they weren’t in a gloating mood after the infrastructure Dean built helped elect Barack Obama President of the United States.