Look! A Quiet Democratic Success!

Admittedly, this PI article is a soft pitch. But the Governor of Washington State is quietly, um, leading, bringing together doctors and lawyers, labor and business, Democrats and Republicans in the State Legislature. The ancient Columbia River water rights dispute is easing. A 29 year old gay civil rights bill passed with very little acrimony. There's a surplus, and yet new spending in key areas.

She was not a great candidate in the campaign, over-lawyerly, a little sharp and aloof and with a bit of that slightly irritated quality of all prosecutors. I was going to say she's not really progressive, but I'm not sure that's fair. The strange fact is that Democratic party is governing Washington well, and the voters seem to be responding.