This is a robo-call poll, which is far from the gold standard of opinion polling, and it was commissioned by the Burner-endorsing group 21st Century Democrats.

With those two big grains of salt, take a look at the results, which the Burner campaign just shared with me:

The poll surveyed 509 registered voters in Washington’s 8th District, where Burner is again trying to take down Republican Congressman Dave Reichert. It was conducted on Aug. 28, the day after president Bush’s visit to Bellevue to help raise money for Reichert’s reelection campaign.

It found Burner leading Reichert 44% to 39% (no margin of error provided), with 17% of voters still undecided.

Among independent voters, it found Burner leading Reichert 40% to 24%, with 36% undecided. “The campaign sees this as a strong indication that Darcy’s message about fighting to bring the war to a responsible close, as opposed to Reichert, who is standing with Bush in scheming to extend and expand the war, is resonating not just with Democrats but with middle of the road unaffiliated voters as well,” said Burner spokesman Sandeep Kaushik.

As for Bush, he’s as unpopular in the 8th District as anywhere else, with only a 30 percent approval rating from voters.

Again, I’m not inclined to put much stock in robo-polls paid for by partisans, but here’s Kaushik’s take-away: “As one would assume, the Bush visit was politically damaging to Reichert.”