The good news is that
Darcy Burner is in a
dead heat.
The bad news is that the NRCC is dumping tons of money into the district to try and defeat Darcy Burner in her bid to deafeat Republican Dave Reichert in WA-08.
Andrew at
Northwest Progressive Institute has more. (Disclosure-Andrew invited me to blog at NPI, and I do so as time allows.) I thought it was important to get this information out to Daily Kos readers, so I hope Andrew forgives me some poaching:
NRCC dumps half a million dollars into WA-08 to smear Darcy
First there's the direct mail...
MAJORITY COMMUNICATIONS INC.
274 MARCONI BLVD.
SUITE 260
COLUMBUS, Ohio 43215
Purpose of Expenditure: Mailing Service
This Committee OPPOSES The Following Candidate: DARCY BURNER FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives
State is Washington in District 08
Date Expended = 10/13/2006
Person Completing Form: CHRISTOPHER J. WARD
Date Signed = 10/13/2006
Amount Expended = $25,586.91
Calendar YTD Per Election for Office Sought = $1305170.71
and then there's the television (and likely radio) advertising:
STRATEGIC MEDIA SERVICES
1023 31ST ST. NW
4TH FLOOR
WASHINGTON, DC 20007
Purpose of Expenditure: Issue Ad Placement
This Committee OPPOSES The Following Candidate: DARCY BURNER FOR CONGRESS
Office Sought: House of Representatives
State is Washington in District 08
Date Expended = 10/13/2006
Person Completing Form: CHRISTOPHER J. WARD
Date Signed = 10/13/2006
Amount Expended = $424,948.80
Calendar YTD Per Election for Office Sought = $1305170.71
That's roughly $50,000 short of half a million dollars. If you thought the attack ads were bad enough already, just wait until a few days from now. This is going to be an all out assault with no expense spared. Republicans are desperate and Dave Reichert is in serious, serious touble.
And the attacks continue from the right-wing blogosphere:
You can already see it at unSoundPolitics, where the volume of attacks on Darcy have increased dramatically as Stefan Sharkansky and his fellow hacks respond to direction from the Washington State GOP, which is incredibly nervous and worried about losing the 8th District.
OK, the last thing anyone needs on a Saturday morning is yet another appeal for money. But consider this--the 50 state strategy is working.
Republicans are being forced to defend yucks like Reichert, who normally would have a free pass. In short, candidates like Burner (and there are many) are making it possible for us to take back the US House this year. Burner is doing an outstanding job, and she deserves to win this race.
So if you were thinking about giving a little turkey over the weekend, may I offer the following links for your convenience? It all adds up, sports fans. Don't be shy about those small donations!
Darcy Burner's web site or the Act Blue Netroots Endorsed Page