universal healthcare

[kandrathe]

Washington state is one of the states noted above and I would tend to agree with Jester on this. The Washington AG, Rob McKenna, is one of the 13 AGs that are in on the original lawsuit. However, his joining in on that was against the wishes of the rest of the state government. Right now, the state lawmakers are looking for ways to force him to drop the issue so we shall see if he will be able to continue the grandstanding or whether he will be compelled to stop. In addition, given the liberal majority in the state I would expect that he will not have any power to advance legislation within the state, so he would be stymied in that avenue.

Contrary to Kandrathe's assertion earlier that the state AGs are out to make a name for themselves using public money, I would expect that McKenna's actions could end up being political suicide. McKenna has been able to be one of the lone conservatives elected in this liberal state due to the fact that, in the past, he has been pragmatic and effective without embracing conservative ideology. Now that he has shown a more partisan conservative nature I would expect to see him lose a lot of the liberal and moderate votes that put him in office.

Perhaps he's making a stand that will elevate himself above Washington state politics, and give him the bona fides to move to the other Washington. If Washington is as blue as you imply, then it would be an exercise in frustration to attempt to keep your soul there if you were at all conservative.