Umm, Kos...

Meanwhile, it was quite shocking to see just how much local activists hate Sen. Maria Cantwell. It isn't that they're disappointed in her positions on issues like Iraq in an effort to appear "moderate" or "centrist", it's that she won't even talk to them about those issues. The dislike was near universal and truly based on that lack of communication.

With all due respect to the fine folks who advanced your visit, the couple hundred Kosacks, unreconstructed Deaners and sundry 'netroots' malcontents you met in Seattle are likely a poor sampling of 'local activist' sentiment, particularly if you mean local Democratic activists.

And she's talking, but some people just won't listen...