That's the story up and down the west coast, by the way - dizzy voters put in incompetent politicians who make their lives worse. They complain about things, hold rallies...and then vote in the same exact types of loser. Then start the cycle over and over again.

IMHO, that's a national problem. It seems the same sorts of people run for office all the time. If you vote out candidate X, candidate Y is just a variation of candidate X. That's been the case for decades. The system has inertia, and the real power brokers (like McConnell) hold the reins. So a fiery candidate promising to shake the system till it crumbles can't do much.

Even after I gave up my Republican-ness, I registered as an independent for over a decade. I always voted for whomever I thought was best (or least worst), regardless of party. But I couldn't be a part of the Republican Party anymore. Well, there is very little difference in candidates from a given party, but there is a big difference between the parties now. At least in AZ, the Reps put up crazy people (like Lake or McSally), and the Dems put up, well, nobody to get excited about (Sinema, Hobbs, Kelly). Sinema actually caused some drama (which isn't what we hired her for). Hobbs and Kelly are just doing the job without any major splashes, and probably the same as any other Dem candidate would have done it. Sinema is really smart, but she has developed an angle that I'm not sure of. She is governing differently than she campaigned, and it's not because of "the system".

No IEDs here. But then the homeless avoid Phoenix if they can. The summer is lethal if you don't have a home (A/C, water).

If he makes it past the primary it'll validate how dumb Seattle voters are.

Maybe. Or, like AZ, it could be that the other party is putting up crazy people. In which case, voters are going for the least worst. Especially because our system (nationally, and I think in most states) has a tendency to pick the extremes from each party, and pit them against each other. The majority of voters are in the middle, and are stuck with two candidates they don't like...in their minds, voting for the least worst.