Republican = failure: Republican candidates don't want the word 'Republican' by their name on ballot

In Washington state, the Republican candidate for Governor Dino Rossi lists his party affiliation as "GOP Party." He avoids the word "Republican" on his website and doesn't want it on the ballot. He is ashamed of the affiliation. Other Republicans have downplayed the Republican label.

Seattle Times:

OLYMPIA — The state Democratic Party filed suit Tuesday in an attempt to force Dino Rossi to list his party preference as "Republican" on the November ballot instead of "GOP Party." Polls by Stuart Elway have suggested many people don't know that GOP and Republican mean the same thing. One recent Elway poll indicated Rossi did better among voters if he used the "GOP" label instead of "Republican."

No wonder, on both foreign and domestic policy, the Republican administration of the last 8 years has shown mismanagement and incompetence on an epic and unprecedented scale. Republicans are poison.