Seattle Times: Power swings to Sen. Patty Murray

Sen. Patty Murray and U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, left, at a news conference Monday in the light-rail tunnel being built under Pine Street.


A few days after the Nov. 7 election, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray was approached by a woman at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The woman shook Murray's hand and said, "Congratulations, senator. For all of us."

That's when the shock of the elections putting Democrats back in control of Congress finally sunk in.

"It was an overwhelming feeling of 'Wow!' " Murray said. "The sun was shining again. There was hope and opportunity."

For most of her 14 years in the Senate, Murray has been waiting for a chance to exercise power. Now she has a lot of it.

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"Mom in tennis shoes!"

:hi:

And my wife has absolutely no problem with that either.

Thanks for this flamingyouth, I confess I have avoided the Blethen's blood money rag for a while now but this is great!

suck it, you old goat!

maria cantwell is going to OWN YOU next session.

No Way! Maria Cantwell has a heart of gold! She'll give Ted "Internet is a series of tubes" Stevens a warm hug and forgive him for being an ass.