WA Farm Bureau declines to endorse Rossi

[ccharles000]

The Washington Farm Bureau came out with their primary election endorsements today, and they’re almost entirely Republican of course. For example, at the Federal level they endorsed Republicans John Koster (R), Jaime Herrera (R), Rep. Doc Hastings (R) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) in the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Congressional Districts respectively.

But what I found most interesting was this little comment on the U.S. Senate race:

No candidate for U.S. Senate received sufficient recommendations to allow for an endorsement.

And of course by “no candidate” what they really mean is Republican “Dino Rossi.”

So why did Rossi, who the Farm Bureau previously endorsed for governor, get snubbed when a do-nothing seat-warmer like Hastings easily gets the nod? Was there a large contingent of Clint Didier supporters? Or perhaps incumbent Sen. Patty Murray, who won the Friend of the Farm Bureau Award in 2009, has a few, um, friends on the Farm Bureau who appreciate her work on behalf of Washington’s agriculture industry?

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[SpiralHawk]

1. At this point the Farm Bureau is just a mutant corporate front

Republicorporate all the way to the FAIL Fair.

They no longer represent the real interests of farmers, just agricorps.

[jwirr]

2. The Farm Bureau has always been conservative repugs.

[quiller4]

3. According to the Tribune reporter, there was a large enough contingent of

Didier supports that the Rossi move fell short of the 2/3s required for an endorsement.