McKenna's sights on Cantwell's office?
David Goldstein (Goldy) has a post on HorsesAss.org about some early signs that recently elected Attorney General Rob McKenna may have his sights set on Maria Cantwell's office of United State Senator.
We've heard rumors of McKenna's ambitions coming from several different directions out of many different rumor mills before, but Goldy actually took the step of asking McKenna's office of what his plans might be. And, perhaps not surprisingly, McKenna's communications director refused to deny that his boss might end up running against Maria Cantwell.
In fact, Greg Lane, who wrote back to Goldy, quoted from an article which was headlined, “Attorney general-elect McKenna boasts Gorton-like ways.” (For those of you who don't know - Slade Gorton was one of Washington's senators before Maria Cantwell won a close race against him in 2000).
You can read more in Goldy's post, but we agree that you can't count out Rob McKenna's candidacy. Dino Rossi, on the other hand, seems intent on staying where he is - for now - and running against Gregoire for governor in 2008. Of course, it will be interesting to see how that plays out, but if Gregoire continues to have a strong term, she may be able to beat back another Rossi challenge with relative ease.
We've heard rumors of McKenna's ambitions coming from several different directions out of many different rumor mills before, but Goldy actually took the step of asking McKenna's office of what his plans might be. And, perhaps not surprisingly, McKenna's communications director refused to deny that his boss might end up running against Maria Cantwell.
In fact, Greg Lane, who wrote back to Goldy, quoted from an article which was headlined, “Attorney general-elect McKenna boasts Gorton-like ways.” (For those of you who don't know - Slade Gorton was one of Washington's senators before Maria Cantwell won a close race against him in 2000).
You can read more in Goldy's post, but we agree that you can't count out Rob McKenna's candidacy. Dino Rossi, on the other hand, seems intent on staying where he is - for now - and running against Gregoire for governor in 2008. Of course, it will be interesting to see how that plays out, but if Gregoire continues to have a strong term, she may be able to beat back another Rossi challenge with relative ease.
