PPP: Dem challenger within 3-points of GOP incumbent in WA congressional district

[WI_DEM]

Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 10/9-10/10. MoE 3.0%

Dave Reichert (R) 49%
Suzan DelBene (D) 46%



Dave Reichert, for the third election in a row, remains among the most vulnerable Republican House members. This is the swing district where Darcy Burner nipped at Reichert's heels in both 2006 and 2008. It could be that voters in the 8th have finally decided to stop grading Reichert on a curve, and expect their congressman to start doing more than just showing up. That's what led the Seattle Times, Reichert's most stalwart defender in the past two cycles, to endorse the challengers in the August top-two primary.

On issues ranging from the wars to the economy, three-term Republican incumbent Reichert is unstudied and comes up short. After six years in office, this is unacceptable.

Reichert opposed financial reform, but was unable to explain what he did or did not like about the legislation. The 8th District deserves someone who is faster on their feet.

And they like DelBene.

DelBene has not held public office and has a spotty voting record, but her résumé is a narrative of leadership and vision. She was vice president for mobile communications at Microsoft and played key roles in leading two technology companies, drugstore.com and Nimble Technology. Most recently, DelBene worked with a nonprofit group that supports microfinance in Latin America.

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[ClarkUSA]

1. Great news. Because of this OP, I'm going to give a donation to DelBene now.

If anyone else can spare the change and wants to do the same, go here:

https://services.myngp.com/ngponlineservices/contribution.aspx?X=NTpwu73vqWJTeaZGtzYCDaDbzPWlIu9HtT3F02j9k88%3d&m=delbene

[maxsolomon]

2. Reichert is dodging DelBene and the press

and will continue to do so. Probably because of this:

http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/09/24/whats-wrong-with-reicherts-brain

A pool of blood the size of his hand? Inside his skull? And the muscle-bound Reichert's hands are kinda big.

But perhaps the most startling revelation in Reichert's KING-5 interview is that...

... rather than being the result of a recent injury, as I myself had inferred from the initial reports, the accident actually occurred months before his emergency surgery. Indeed, despite a persistent headache, Reichert had been blithely walking around—and casting votes—with a bleeding, compressed brain for at least two months. You know, at least until the right side of his body went numb.

Now just try to visualize that for a moment. Imagine taking your hand and inserting it inside your skull, just to the right of your brain. I'm guessing you might suffer from quite a bit more than just a little headache.

In fact, according to the Neurosurgery FAQ on the UCLA Health System's web site, headache, memory impairment, confusion and paralysis are just a few of the many possible symptoms of a "chronic subdural hematoma" like Reichert's, an often serious condition UCLA describes as such:

[Raster]

3. Reichert was hand-picked by the rethuglican powermeisters to hold down the fort in one of western

Washington's reddest Congressional districts. The GOP put Reichert in place because he had name recognition as the person that "caught" the Green River Killer, and because they knew he could be counted on to be a loyal lapdog. Reichert has done NOTHING in Congress for his district nor his State in two terms except show up to vote the way the high command told him to. I supported Burner in 2006 and 2008. My only regret is that I have moved from District 8 and won't have the pleasure of voting against Reichert a third time. The Eight District deserves better and the State of Washington deserves better. Go DelBene, go!

[bigdarryl]

4. Just another example of the idiot Tim Kaine not putting any money in that district

Maybe I'm wrong on this but I haven't heard there's money going there if so I will apologize