Burner Spooks Red State
A comment that’s attached to my recent Darcy Burner post points out that the eastside Democrat is getting attention today from the conservative blog RedState.com.
On RedState, a diary post sounds the alarm about Burner’s increasing momentum in her race against Republican Congressman Dave Reichert, and appeals to Republicans for help:
This is one of races that we can not afford to lose. Our majority in the house is razor thin currently. 15 seats. Reps like Reichert are dems target #1. If they can knock off enough republicans in swing districts, they can retake the house. Not a picture I would like to see despite that fact that I’m less than pleased with the performance out of there at the current time.
In the RedState comments, the writer of the post goes on to say:
I do think that Reichert has the advantage here. But it is a slight one. This will not be an easy campaign for him from what I can tell.
The concern appears to have been generated by this article in today’s Tacoma News Tribune, which begins:
Seattle and Washington, D.C., Democrats are gaga over a political newcomer they say could help end Republican control of Congress.
It’s clearly been a good few days for the Burner campaign: They’ve spooked RedState, gotten the attention of the News Tribune, and hit a major fundraising target. And it’s only April.
I will sleep easier when my rep. in Congress isn't voting the Republican line 97% of the time, giving ethics free passes to Tom DeLay, allowing drilling in ANWR, relaxing clean air standards and gutting the endangered species act. I will sleep easier when I know my rep. won't be turning a blind eye to Cheney and Rumsfeld and passively allowing our troops to remain unnecessarily inside a hornet's nest. I will sleep easier when Reichert is retired to Auburn and can finally finish writing his true crime memoirs instead of getting along and going along with the most corrupt Congress in our history.