Burner takes lead in poll

In October 12-21 poll run by SurveyUSA, Darcy Burner is showing a 4 point lead over Reichert, this represents the first lead for Burner in the race with less than 2 weeks left until election day. Reichert has enjoyed leads as big 10 on September 8-10 and in a Research 2000 poll 8 on 10/05-07. This is a seat democrats are not exactly expecting to pick up but the change in polls may represent a good momentum shift for Burner who has raised more money than Reichert but has been questioned as to where all the money came from, some republicans indicating perhaps some donars outside of the 8th district contributed. A recent visit by Burner to Tacoma Rally by Joe Biden who gave a stump speech for the Washington governor and Burner. And finally according to and article posted on TheHill.com, Burner has also benefited from the money the Democratic party and specifically in her case the Democratic Congressional Campaign Commitee who paid for an ad against Reichert.





http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/10/0157/0059
(http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=1e89f25b-f539-428b-bcd1-2d084fa17f20)
http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/dccc-held-24m-edge-nrcc-hits-the-air-hard-2008-10-21.html
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Campaign Finances and Early October polls

One candidate leads in the polls while the other leads in fund raising and spending. Darcy Burner has raised $3.2 million thus far to Reichert's $2 million. Reichert however leads Burner in the polls 49% to 41%, with 8% undecided according to Daily Kos (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/10/0157/0059)
On October 12, Reichert got an unofficial endorsement from the Seattle Times which indicated Burner is still playing catch-up and going through a learning curve as a fresh-faced politician, the article also goes on to note both candidates are against the government's proposed $700 Billion bailout (the following link is from the Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2008253052_edit12eightdistrictendorse.html).

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Debate!

On October 10, C-Span held a debate for Burner and Reichert which can be viewed with Flash player by following the provided link:

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=281714-1







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