It's working!

A few days ago I mentioned that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had begun running ads which express the notion that although the Republican candidate for the open House seat in WA-8 may be a celebrity lawman, he's notably unprepared to assume the duties of lawmaker.

The ads were timely, coming right on the heels of a primary election that had left the Democratic nominee, Dave Ross, with depleted resources while he turned his focus from a three-way intra-Party battle to a general election campaign abbreviated by Washington's relatively late primary election.

If you need any evidence that the work of the D-Trip can be essential to victory in the tough races, this one is a classic example. The 8th has become increasingly swingy over the years, with statewide, county and other races producing good results for Democrats, but it's consistently swung Republican on the Congressional level. It's doable, but hard, and even a week of slack at the outset of the beginning of the general election campaign could have been fatal, but our friends in the other Washington were ready, and the early results are incredibly promising.

Here's where we stand, according to Lauer Research...

Ross(D) 45%
Reichert(R) 43%
Undecided 12%

That's possible because Democrats all across the country have given the DCCC the dollars to get the job done. Every time one of those ads runs, though, the reserves get a little smaller. So every day, I'm going to remind you - we only get a majority if we make one, and we can only make one if enough people click links like this one and keep investing in the promise of Speaker Pelosi.

(And thanks to all those who've chipped into the Upper Left Majority Makers account so far - $425 and growing!)