Put on your high heel sneakers....

Good news from this note in the Seattle P-I. Looks like Senator Patty Murray is outstripping her announced challenger, Rep. George Nethercutt, about four to one in the fundraising department, if you include the surplus in Nethercutt's House campaign fund. Even better, Nethercutt will have to refund some of that House money to get compliant with the FEC.

This race could offer Washington voters a terrific trifecta - re-elect an excellent US Senator, get rid of an awful US Congressman and re-capture former Speaker Tom Foley's old seat in the 8th Congressional District. Now that's a big payoff!