The Moderate Washingtonian

Outlook on politics and elections in the state of Washington from an overall centrist viewpoint. My views tend to be libertarian in nature, but at the same time are largely nonpartisan.

14 March 2006

Rep. Rodney Tom a newly-minted Democrat

The GOP has lost another of its pre-Reagan breed today with the party switch of state Rep. Rodney Tom to the Democratic Party. The switch came coupled with his announcement of a campaign against conservative state Sen. Luke Esser, a campaign which will hopefully provide dividends for Tom.

Rodney Tom has been one of my favourite legislators since he was elected, he is an asset to moderate and libertarian citizens statewide, and I wish him the best of luck in his campaign for the Senate.

1 Comments:

At 10:15 PM, TMW said...: Agreed. In my opinion, Tom would probably have an easier time than Golden, but the 48th has changed a ton since Esser was first elected and he is definitely out of the mainstream now. Hell, if a liberal Republican like Tom could had trouble with his reelection bid, what could possess voters to reelect a right-winger like Esser?

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Name: TMW

Location: Pasco, Washington, United States

I like to think that I'm a rarity in blogging, in that I'm a political nerd who doesn't have a partisan axe to grind in everything they write. I considered myself a Republican up until 2004 when I finally had enough of their bible-based politics, yet still harbour a deep dislike of the Democratic Party because of their ties to labour groups as well as their tendency to bloat budgets. Ideologically I'm somewhere between centrist and libertarian. On economics I fit neatly in the centre-right, while on social issues I can be fairly radical. And no, I'm not British. It's just that I can respect that they created our language and know how to write it properly.

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