Rossi's math similar to McKenna's
Face it; math is just not a Republican strong suit.
If you've been following along with Attorney General Rob McKenna's back and forth about what kind of McCain showing in our state would propel Dino Rossi into the governor's mansion, we can now add Rossi's own miscalculation.
In a recent interview with KUOW's Ross Reynolds, Rossi claimed that he outperformed George W. Bush by 8% points in 2004.
Unfortunately, looking at that claim a couple of different ways, I still don't come up with 8%. The best I can give him is a difference of a little under 5%.
Political campaigns love numbers even if they don't know how to use them, and right now the numbers don't look too good for either McCain or Rossi in Washington. Beyond the numbers, McCain's own state campaign chair is publically pessimistic about McCain's success in our state and Rossi has abandoned his party's nominee and is hanging onto the coattails of Washington's likely victor, Barak Obama. Doesn't he know that will get him nowhere?
If you are a supporter of Barack Obama, you know that the change he will bring is just the opposite of the regressiveness that Rossi plans for Washington. Not only do Rossi's numbers not look so good, but neither does his vision for our state.
If you've been following along with Attorney General Rob McKenna's back and forth about what kind of McCain showing in our state would propel Dino Rossi into the governor's mansion, we can now add Rossi's own miscalculation.
In a recent interview with KUOW's Ross Reynolds, Rossi claimed that he outperformed George W. Bush by 8% points in 2004.
Unfortunately, looking at that claim a couple of different ways, I still don't come up with 8%. The best I can give him is a difference of a little under 5%.
Political campaigns love numbers even if they don't know how to use them, and right now the numbers don't look too good for either McCain or Rossi in Washington. Beyond the numbers, McCain's own state campaign chair is publically pessimistic about McCain's success in our state and Rossi has abandoned his party's nominee and is hanging onto the coattails of Washington's likely victor, Barak Obama. Doesn't he know that will get him nowhere?
If you are a supporter of Barack Obama, you know that the change he will bring is just the opposite of the regressiveness that Rossi plans for Washington. Not only do Rossi's numbers not look so good, but neither does his vision for our state.
# Posted by Kathleen : 8:26 PM
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