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GOP Giving Up on Rossi, Reluctantly
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Jun 16, 2005 12:13pm |
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| Category | General |
| News Date | Thursday, June 16, 2005 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
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Republicans have 15 months to find a Senate candidate in Washington state.
After waiting seven months for the outcome of the country’s closest-ever gubernatorial contest — and waiting to see if they could convince unsuccessful GOP nominee Dino Rossi to switch to the 2006 Senate race if things did not go his way — Republicans have reluctantly reached the conclusion that Rossi is sticking to his guns.
Publicly and privately Rossi maintained throughout the recounts and just-concluded court battle that he had no interest in the Senate, and Republicans finally seem to believe him.
They’re not happy about it. As recently as last week, a poll showed Rossi alone among potential Republican Senate candidates leading freshman Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.).
Rossi has been on a family camping trip this week and was unavailable for comment, but his operatives gave Republicans eager to topple Cantwell no cause for relief.
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