Things to remember next November...

Among the things that deserve to be preserved in the minds of Washington voters when they cast a US Senate ballot next year is a letter that George Nethercutt filed with the Clerk of the US House of Representatives when he took office in that body.

"Should I be elected to serve more than two additional terms in the U.S. House of
Representatives following the 104th Congress, by this letter I hereby resign and direct you to remove my name permanently from the roll of the members."

Of course, he was elected to a third additional term, and he didn't resign, and that tells most folks all they need to know about the kind of weasel the Republican's are going to run against Patty Murray.

As one observer remarked at the time, "... Nethercutt, by breaking his promise, has committed one of the most brazen political betrayals of our time..."

Character counts, George, but we deserve a Senator that means you're supposed to have character, not be one.