Wntrrn,

The anti-Democrat answer you seem to be looking for is that regardless of the economy - good times or bad times - The Ds consistently push for more spending. Their hardest core constituents never will have enough public spending, and there are usually enough Ds in the Legislature who just cannot say no to a publicly funded program. That is a long time flaw of Democratic philosophy and is at the heart of why we have to have a two party system.

On the other hand, and there is always the other hand, the long time flaw of Republican philosophy is that business should not be regulated or taxed, and that the environment needs no protection, and the poor are at fault for being poor, and that God is somehow magically always on their side.

The present economic crisis cannot be solved by either the Republicans or the Democrats. Refer to the Ratigan rant; Congress is owned. So is the state Legislature, but to a far lesser extent, but to the extent that they are owned, they are bought so much cheaper, a bargain really, if you look at it from a business sense.

Had Dino won the governorship in either election, the WA economy would still be as bad off as it is.

Sg