on thursday, the first debate was held in spokane, and patty murray showed confidence, eloquence and determination. all of her points were clear, concise and the viewers could tell that she knows what she wants. her most important point that she brought up several times throughout the night was that she's a "mom in tennis shoes," a saying that she's stuck with since she first ran for office in 1992, and an image that she hopes to bring back to help her in reelection. dino rossi on the other hand, argued that she was "not the 'mom' anymore but an insider who says one thing in this state and does another in washington, d.c." (the everett herald). thursday proved to be a success for murray, who managed to gain her title of a mother back and, in many peoples' eyes, "avoid[ed] coming off as a d.c. power broker hell-benton an agenda and insensitive to frustration it has caused among the populace" (the everett herald).
the second debate that took place on sunday in seattle, allowed rossi to recover from his poor performance in the previous debate. on thursday, i felt bad for murray since rossi really wasn't giving her anything to reply to. she kept saying "i don't hear an answer." although, it was fun watching himself get frustrated. by the time sunday came around, rossi seemed to channel this anger into his responses and was able to get past his stammers. he managed to present himself as a viable option to the senator position, just barely.
the most recent news about the elections is that bill clinton is to campaign for murray at paine field, today, monday the eighteenth. she also has the president and vice president coming to help her cause later in the week. the polls are the fairly equal, with rossi leading at 47% and murray close behind at 46%. both candidates are fighting dirty with ad campaigns, and all of them are very powerful. i believe that's why the race is so close at this point in time.
-nick leblanc
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