It's time to get serious.

It's time to choose up sides. The Rasmussen Report looks at the Washington Senate race...

Thanks largely to her support for the war in Iraq, electoral support for Senator Maria Cantwell (D) has slipped once again—for the fifth survey in a row.

In the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of an increasingly competitive U.S. Senate race, Senator Cantwell now leads former Safeco CEO Mike McGavick (R) 44% to 40%.

Although Maria's numbers among Democrats are strong enough at 82% to insure her nomination, her numbers against McGavick have slipped 8% since last November, when she had a seemingly secure 52%. Where might 8% of her support might have gone? Rasmussen reports...

...8% of Democrats now say they would vote for another candidate altogether given a Cantwell-McGavick match-up. Only 1% of GOP voters feel that way.

If you count yourself among that 8%, can you really count yourself in the Democratic Party? Because Maria Cantwell is the Democratic candidate for the US Senate. The next Senator will be Maria or the Republican.

There are no other choices. Sorry about the sharply binary nature of American politics in the 21st century, but there it is.

Which side are you on?