Political ponderings

While a lot has happened since the Election, with the catastrophic loss of life at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December with the horrific shootings, the subsequent push for gun control and the inauguration, I have a few comments or thoughts.

1) The Republicans need to set up offices in the urban areas and do outreach to young and ethnic minorities, or people who aren't usually thought of as "Republican" if they wish to be a viable opposition party. I don't live and die with the GOP, but I do share common interests and values with them, so it's in my interest as a religiously committed Jew to have them succeed. I certainly don't want our country to turn into a larger Britain or Greece, which is where we are headed should the Democrats continue this run of theirs. Imagine if Romney had won, Chuck Hagel would be nowhere near the Secretary of Defense nomination. John Kerry wouldn't be considered for Secretary of State. We'd have an Attorney General who would be stronger on crime.

2) Jay Inslee really makes me sick to be a Washingtonian. What is his top priority? Talking to Eric Holder with the equally inept Bob Ferguson about exempting Washingtonians from being prosecuted for growing and smoking marijuana. Forget job creation or making public education effective. No, the pot smokers are more important to him.

I realize that McKenna may not be the ideal or dream Republican for the more socially conservatives in this state, however, sometimes you have to put the greater good of a state or nation ahead of your personal preferences. The good news for Washington State is that Kim Wyman is Secretary of State and that with the guy from Medina we control one of the houses of the legislature in Olympia, so it may be harder for Inslee to jam too many wacky things down our throats.