Oh God, oh God, please let it be true:

Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) told Q13 Fox News that he's "thinking about" running for statewide office, such as governor or U.S. senator.

Said Reichert: "I'm thinking about all those options. I still feel like I'm young and energetic. And, you know, we'll see how Gov. Jay Inslee does, and if he continues on the path that he is, it doesn't look too good for him. So I'll keep an eye on that, and who knows what Patty Murray does in the next year or two?"

That Reichert is "thinking" at all is a personal accomplishment in itself. Good for him. We're proud of his progress. But as I wrote back in 2010, Reichert has been down this path before, and it didn't go so well:

Seven years before whacking himself in the head with a tree branch, Dave Reichert was on the fast track to the governor's mansion.

... But at a meet and greet with the state House Republican Caucus, the Reichert Express quickly jumped off the rails. While the hair and the biceps were as dazzling as promised, once Reichert opened his mouth, it quickly became apparent that the candidate was not. Rambling and incoherent, unknowledgeable and unprepared, Reichert was so bad at answering even the softest of softball questions that he had his fellow Republicans literally shaking their heads in disbelief.

Then-Republican state representative Rodney Tom, now a Democratic state senator, recalls listening to Reichert in stunned silence on a caucus room couch with two colleagues when one of them leaned in and whispered, "If he's running for governor, the three of us should run too."

Kinda ironic, re-reading that post now, considering that it wouldn't surprise me if Tom and Reichert ultimately faced off in the primary.