He has nevertheless managed to make splashes on the national political canvas, delivering the Democratic Party's response to President Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address, and-this July-hosting the annual meeting of the National Governors Association in Seattle.
因此，他每每能夠在全國性的政治活動中不斷地嶄露頭角，諸如代表民主黨就布希總統在國會發表的二○○三年國情咨文作出回應，乃至於在今年七月下旬以東道主的身份，主辦在西雅圖市召開的一年一度全國州長大會。