Don't expect Washington's U.S. senators to be a presidential runningmate. In a survey of the U.S. Senate's membership not already running for president on whether they'd accept an offer to be vice president, The Hill newspaper found a variety of responses to the veepstakes question. Some were accompanied by laughs, others took the question seriously.
So, how did Democrats Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray respond?
"I don't want to vote for a rock star. I want somebody who is going to take care of the issues."
- Eric Oleson, an administrator at South Puget Sound Community College, explaining his internal struggle on voting for or against U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) as the next president.