This weekend the Washington State GOP dumped its chairman and elected longtime radio host - and serious pro-life conservative -- Kirby Wilbur to lead the Party into the 2012 elections.Washington State is divided politically, as well as geographically, by the Cascade range of mountains.  On the East side of the Cascades, often called "the other Washington," the state is solidly and reliably Republican.  On the West side of the Cascades -- which is to say, Seattle -- the state is about halfway between left-wing Socialist and middle-of-the-road Commie.  (This is an observation, not an accusation.  Seattle voters keep sending Jim McDermott and Norm Dicks to the House of Representatives, and in the Fremont district of Seattle there's a statue of Vladimir Lenin.)  Since a few more voters live West of the Cascades than East of the Cascades, GOP candidates usually lose statewide elections.  For example, last November the GOP candidate for US...(Read Full Post)