Slog - Comments on Iraq Vet to Challenge Reichert in the 8th http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/iraq_vet_to_cha Well, not yet. But I think it's a great idea. Ever since Paul Hackett almost took out a Republican in Ohio's heavily-Republican 2nd District, the DCCC has been spooging over the idea of Iraq Vets as candidates. An Iraq Vet candidate in the 8th District (the East Side) would likely get a lot of national DCCC money to take out Reichert. So, here's the deal. Back in June 2004, I did a column on an Iraq vet that I met while reporting on a Kerry meetup in a basement conference room at a Doubletree hotel in Bellevue. This Dem Iraq... Copyright 2007 Fri, 06 Jan 2006 22:16:37 -0800 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:34:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by switzerblog Josh, wish you'd been thinking about this earlier; I could put you in touch.

And no, Chris isn't ready to run for Congress. Let's let Darcy work her magic this year and see how it goes. I think we've got lots of Eastside Republicans in Olympia that Chris could kick around.

]]> switzerblog http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/iraq_vet_to_cha#c005973 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/01/iraq_vet_to_cha#c005973 Sat, 07 Jan 2006 01:34:31 -0800