Is this what heaven is like?

You know, a place where you can turn on the radio and listen to a talk show host say "I'm a liberal Democrat" in unequivocal terms?

I suppose lots of upper lefties are used to it since David Goldstein got his Sunday night gig on KIRO, but I work on Sunday nights, and lefty talk radio isn't ideal barroom entertainment. Maybe in heaven.

Anyway, Goldy's on the radio, subbing for the vacationing Saturday regular, so I finally get a chance to tune in and there's no doubt about it, he's a pro. The prize for the savvy pro performance of the night, though, goes to Rep. Jay Inslee, the first guest of the evening.

Out of the blue, but somehow perfectly within context, Jay name-dropped Darcy Burner, with an unpromted endorsement of the next Member of Congress from the 8th District of Washington, calling her...

"…one of the most impressive candidates we have in the country this year."

It was just one of the highlights of Jay's ability to return our eyes to the prize, the need for a new Congress, over and over, regardless of the direction that Goldy or the callers may have wanted to pursue. He did it, though, without ducking questions or actually changing the subject, but by making the new Congress part of every answer, and element of every subject.

Jay Inslee just may be the best politician in the State of Washington.