Dems Advertise for Nethercutt
Today I heard a Democratic negative radio spot criticizing gubernatorial candidate Dino Rossi for opposing efforts to normalize trade with Cuba.
The odd thing about this is that the Cuban normalization's biggest proponent was Republican Senatorial candidate George Nethercutt. He got legislation past over the objections of the republican leadership and the republican president allowing some trade with Cuba. When Castro didn't buy, Nethercutt went down and had a chat with him and eventually Castro did begin purchasing our ag products again.
It is odd that the Democrats would highlight one of the crown jewels of Nethercutt's congressional career. Rossi's position on this is quite irrelevant really. Without the hard work of Nethercutt, there wouldn't have even been an issue to be either side of. The embargo is a federal issue, not a state issue. The Ad did a good job of laying out all of the reasons that Nethercutt's work was beneficial to Washington state.
