This is from the NY Times regarding the Washington 8th, where Darcy Burner (D-AWESOME) is going to take the seat away from Dave Reichert (R-toady asshat). GO DARCY!!!
BELLEVUE, Wash., Oct. 24 — The M.B.A.’s have had it. The engineers are fuming.
For as long as anyone here can remember, Bellevue has been a stronghold of socially liberal Republicanism. First, it was a prosperous Seattle bedroom community, then a technological boomtown, where employees of Microsoft and Internet start-ups consistently voted for fiscal restraint and hands-off government.
But now, voters here are accusing the party in power of overspending and overreaching — and when they do, they sound like people who write manifestos, not software code.
“I’m a mild-mannered guy,” Michael Mattison, a partner in a software venture development firm, said as he stabbed a piece of halibut in the sunlit dining room of a local bistro. “But we can no longer be subdued.”
Bellevue has been growing more Democratic for several years, thanks to an influx of liberal voters and a professional class that is changing teams. This year, Bellevue may send its first Democrat to Congress. Darcy Burner, who even supporters admit is inexperienced, may unseat Representative Dave Reichert, a well-liked, longtime public servant, simply because constituents want Democratic control of the House of Representatives.
Edited to add the link to the story, because I spaced out and didn't post it. It's a GREAT story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/30/us/politics/30voices.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin
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