What's funny is back when Jay Inslee was just a representative, I volunteered for him. I met him at a couple town meetings with maybe a couple dozen people in attendance. He basically said "okay, guys, what are your concerns?" and I said "a livable minimum wage."

He just stared at me for a minute. Here's a polished career politician, representing Seattle most of his life, and I'd just delivered something so completely out of left field he had no idea how to respond.

That was only ten years ago. How times have changed.