Don’t dismiss the Washington intra-party voters just yet. They’re not done – they have a February 19 primary election to consider. That point is clear enough for the Republicans, who select half of their delegates (to the national convention) pledged to specific candidates based on the primary outcome. So McCain wants a more decisive win, or Huckabee wants to prove he wuz robbed? The primary is the opportunity.
But Peter Callaghan of the Tacoma News Tribune makes an excellent point that the Democrats might want to pay some attention too. February 19 will be a relatively quiet period in the critical runup to contests between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas, and either side can use any ammunition available. A primary win in Washington will assign no delegates – those were all swept up in the caucuses – but it could generate some bragging rights. And even those have suddenly become pretty important.
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