Benton is too sexy for his Web site: donbenton.com.Nobody really expects State Senator Don Benton, the Vancouver Republican, to have a chance against the extremely well-funded incumbent Senator Patty Murray. And yet he’s announced he’ll run in the GOP primary for her seat. And more, per The Seattle Times, he says he’ll cast himself as a handsome, dashing outsider, just like Scott Brown, the little-known ex-jock who claimed Ted Kennedy’s legacy seat in Massachusetts. He’s even hired some of Brown’s consultants.The only problem with his strategy? While Brown is a sexy, Tea Bag-ish outsider with a full head of hair, Benton is just another Republican foot soldier with a face and physique, ahem, best suited to Olympia. His official government Web page is full of legislative positions, but lacking in Brownian allure. In particular, Brown famously posed half-naked for a 1982 Cosmopolitan centerfold (image after the jump). So, Sen. Benton, if you really want our vote this fall, if you want the publicity, are you willing to show us some skin?Is Benton willing to follow Brown into the pages of Cosmo?
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