Democratic US Rep. Jay Inslee (WA-01) will announce his candidacy for governor on Monday. Or at least, that's what I'm told. Not by Inslee, but by two different sources who tend to be in the know. No surprise. We always knew this was an Inslee vs. McKenna faceoff. But it's good to get the preliminaries over with, and on to the main bout.

As for rumors that state auditor Brian Sonntag may jump in on the Democratic side, no doubt he wants the governor's mansion, and bad, but I just don't see it. How's he gonna raise the money? Democratic donors may be worried about Inslee's chances, as they should be, but they're not stupid, they're not gonna split the party, and they're already heavily invested in Inslee, financially and otherwise. Barring some unforeseen development, it's Inslee vs. McKenna, and that's that.

Let the games begin!