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Rossi Rejects Didier's Demands in Washington Senate Race

Rossi Rejects Didier's Demands in Washington Senate Race

Will the tea party holdout hurt the Republican Senate nominee?

11:20 PM, Aug 20, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

A Washington state Senate race poll conducted after Tuesday's primary shows that Republican nominee Dino Rossi has jumped out to a 7-point lead over incumbent Democrat Patty Murray. According to the SurveyUSA poll, Rossi leads Murray 52 percent to 47 percent. This is a significant change from three polls conducted in the past month, which showed Murray ahead by anywhere from 2 to 4 points.

But just as things are looking up for Rossi, his GOP primary opponent Clint Didier, a former pro-football player who had the backing of Sarah Palin, is refusing to endorse Rossi unless Rossi signs anti-tax, anti-spending, and pro-life pledges.

"If it's not me," Didier said on a radio program on May 28, "whoever it is, I'll get behind them. I'll work as hard for them as I did for me." But sometime since then Didier changed his mind. "I want to endorse Dino – I really do," Didier said at a press conference Friday, according to a transcript of prepared remarks. "I want to beat Patty Murray.  I really want that." But Didier said he could only endorse Rossi upon three conditions.

First:

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Patty Murray Gets Less than 50% in Washington State's Jungle Primary

Patty Murray Gets Less than 50% in Washington State's Jungle Primary

11:19 AM, Aug 18, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

In Washington state's open "jungle primary," the top two vote getters of either party advance to the general election. In the Senate primary, with 60 percent of precincts reporting, incumbent Democrat Patty Murray has 46 percent of the vote. This is pretty bad news for the Democrats. Sean Trende at Real Clear Politics explains why:

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Democrats Divided on Extending Bush Tax Cuts

Democrats Divided on Extending Bush Tax Cuts

Four Senate Democrats break ranks. Will more follow?

12:00 AM, Aug 4, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK and MICHAEL WARREN

On Tuesday, Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman called for a temporary extension of the Bush tax cuts, which are set to expire at the end of the year. "I’m hesitant to see taxes go up in the middle of a recession," Lieberman, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, told reporters at the Capitol. "I think we ought to wait til maybe six months, maybe at least til the end of the next fiscal year" to raise taxes.

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Dino Rossi Jumps Into Washington Senate Race With Web Video

Dino Rossi Jumps Into Washington Senate Race With Web Video

12:33 PM, May 26, 2010 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

Dino Rossi, the Washington real-estate developer and former state senator who lost the controversial 2004 governor's race to Christine Gregoire by 133 votes, announced today he wants to take on Patty Murray for a spot in the U.S. Senate.

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Dino Rossi to Challenge Patty Murray

Dino Rossi to Challenge Patty Murray

It's on.

4:28 PM, May 24, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

RCP's Kyle Trygstad writes:

Dino Rossi will in fact make a bid for Senate, several media outlets are reporting. Rossi has long been rumored to be considering a run and will reportedly make his intentions known publicly as soon as Wednesday.

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Will Rossi Put Washington Senate Seat in Play?

Will Rossi Put Washington Senate Seat in Play?

1:47 PM, Apr 19, 2010 • By JOHN MCCORMACK

The GOP still stands a good chance of picking up perhaps 7 or more Senate seats in November, but Democrats caught a break last week when Tommy Thompson decided not to challenge Russ Feingold in Wisconsin and George Pataki announced he wouldn't run against Kirsten Gillibrand in New York.

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