Reply #5: Rossi denies that he'll take on Cantwell in '06 [View All]

[Johnyawl]

Link:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/aplocal_story.asp?category=6420&slug=WA%20Rossi%20Senate


From the article:

If Dino Rossi doesn't become governor through court action, he would be the best Republican to challenge Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., state GOP chairman Chris Vance says.

"Yes, Dino has said he's committed to the governor's race, but for obvious reasons the national party and Republicans in the state are going to turn to Dino if - for whatever reason - he doesn't become governor and ask if he'd be willing to run for U.S. Senate," Vance said on the newspaper's online Capitol Chat.

Not likely, said Mary Lane, a spokeswoman for Rossi.

"Dino is not running for U.S. Senate in 2006," said Lane. "He has young, school-age children. At this point, he has no interest in disrupting his family."


This whole idea is the brain child of Chris Vance, the idiot GOP chairman, (who only lives 3 blocks from me). Poor man has no other candidate with state wide name recognition to run against Cantwell. He's even considering running himself!