It wasn't long after Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Representative Jay Inslee released his jobs plan yesterday, that the Republicans predictably fired back with a statement dissing government's previous efforts to promote clean technology jobs. But it was a critique that Inslee had already parried at his press event.

"We understand one important fact about innovation: It's tough," Inslee explained in response to a question from the Seattle PI's Joel Connelly. "We are creating whole new industries," Inslee continued, "and when we do this, of course there are failures." Inslee made a cogent argument for investing in core new industries as a whole, even though some individual ventures are bound to fail, before going on to challenge "those who don't understand the growth potential" of these industries, to "walk around and talk to the brilliant Washingtonians who are creating whole knew industries today."

Watch the clip. It's pretty positive and upbeat. Inslee has been criticized by some campaign observers for lackluster stump speeches, but as he demonstrated during the Q&A portion of the program, he's often at his best when he's speaking off the cuff.