Here are some snapshots of our table at the George Nethercutt for Senate campaign breakfast last week:

The Shark (left) with Hank Bradley.

L-R: blogger Erik, Ron Hebron, blogger Andy MacDonald and Mark Griswold, who is challenging Washington House Speaker Frank Chopp in the 43rd district.

L-R: Mark Griswold, blogger Jim Miller, 43rd district Republican chair Steve London, Yair Griver.

Our table also included Paul, who comments here regularly under the name "Wilinsky". Unfortunately, the snapshot of his corner of the table was underexposed and unusable.

The Seattle Times wrote about the breakfast last week under headlines: "Nethercutt launches longshot US Senate campaign" and "Nethercutt launches Senate bid with mix of criticism, support" (those were supposed to be news headlines, not editorials).

Nethercutt's kick-off speech is posted here. He drew several strong distinctions with the incumbent Patty Murray: as an old-fashioned liberal who likes to increase taxes and regulations, she has destroyed jobs. She voted against curbing excessive medical malpractice awards which are driving doctors out of business. She voted to cut intelligence spending which has harmed the fight against terrorists. And she seems to think that Osama bin-Laden is some kind of humanitarian hero. Nethercutt made this point deftly:

every soldier in service to America will know that they have a friend in the Senate as I work to support our military, and consistently vote for a stronger fight against terrorism, proudly praising our country, never praising those who terrorize us.