The Tacoma News Political Buzz is reporting that Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg is setting up the equivalent of an exploratory committee to see if he has a shot against incumbent Republican A.G. Rob McKenna. We encourage Mr. Ladenburg, and anyone considering helping him, to read our entire comments from an earlier post for some perspective:

If we were advising Mr. Ladenburg we’d strongly encourage him to take a look at the number of incumbent attorneys general who have been defeated in recent history across the country – they all had significant image problems with their home state voters – think Peg Lautenschlager of Wisconsin, Charles Foti of Louisiana, and Phill Kline of Kansas. Incumbents just don’t lose, especially when they’re hard working, ethical, and popular like Rob McKenna.

Recent poll numbers we’ve seen put this sucker all but out of reach for John Ladenburg – or any Washington Democrat for that matter. Stay tuned.