Well Dave..I am with you on the thought that either one of these candidates would be good for sports fishing. I do , however, think that Rossi would shake up the 20 year old "good old boy network" in Olympia by getting rid of business as usual in many cases where Gregoire is a big part of the network and was Locke's hand picked successor.

As far as the voting goes we have had two counts now with the recount being monitored by hundreds on both sides. There are already legal challenges and probably will be a third count. Maybe King County will find another 1,000 votes under someones bed ...who knows.

Concerning the Snohomish County voting machines , I was told that there is , in fact, a paper back up. That system was pretty efficient I thought. Of course you have to be able to read and point your pen at the right circle. You have to insert a credit card which is imprinted with your voter signature before voting can take place. After you vote all your votes are displayed on the screen so you can review them and make any changes you want to...Again, you have to be able to read and follow directions. On the paper ballots those who could not read or follow simple directions had their votes interpretted in some cases by county officials. That is the part I object to. Determining voter intent allows for too much room to cheat. I also object to redoing things over and over until you get the result you want. Laws are pushed through like that , stadiums were built like that etc etc...

Hopefully it will be over soon but don't count on it.