Run, Dino, run

A post at Strange Bedfellows, the P-I's political blog, reports that a mid-November poll is pretty favorable for Governor Chris Gregoire. A little dated, as the fellows in the bed note, but still kind of interesting.

A poll conducted for the Muckleshoots by Peter Hart Research Associates revealed some interesting numbers for Gov. Chris Gregoire.

This poll of 506 voters was conducted in mid-November, so it is a little stale, but not a lot has happened since then. Gregoire was viewed positively by 52% and Dino Rossi - her presumptive GOP opponent in 2008 - by 37% of Washington voters
Only 34 percent were ready to re-elect Gregoire, but interestingly head-to-head Gregoire bested Rossi 51 percent to 40 percent.

Strange Bedfellows has the poll questions, although they are hard to read (which is also acknowledge by Strange Bedfellows.)

Obviously it's a long ways until 2008 and the old crystal ball is in the shop again. Many things could happen.

But it would be enormously satisfying to witness a nice blowout, where Dino Rossi gets creamed by Governor Gregoire. There are still people walking around this state who think that there should have been some kind of local Orange Revolution, in case anyone has forgotten that bit of absurdity.

Strangely, sometimes it seems like nobody remembers all that, and that it doesn't matter how many lies were told in an effort to hijack the office of governor, nor that the court result in Chelan County came out the way it did.

Odd, the way that works. If you're a Democrat, don't sneeze, if you're a Republican, well, it's just good aggressive tactics.