DeLay to help Reichert campaign

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Democrats label him 'ethically challenged'

By CHRIS McGANN
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER CAPITOL CORRESPONDENT

OLYMPIA - Republicans are cranking into high gear to try to keep control of the suburban 8th Congressional District being vacated by Rep. Jennifer Dunn.

Dunn, who is retiring, has parlayed her clout to bring House Majority Leader Tom DeLay to Western Washington for a private fund-raiser today for King County Sheriff Dave Reichert.

The appearance will certainly serve to swell Reichert's war chest, but DeLay has been under fire in the House for ethics violations and is an easy target for Democratic criticism.

"Why has Dave Reichert invited the extremely conservative, ethically challenged Tom DeLay to a closed-door fund-raiser in the 8th Congressional District?" Paul Berendt, chairman of the Washington state Democrats, asked rhetorically. "Who does Dave Reichert want to represent -- Tom DeLay's conservative, win-at-all-costs wing of the Republican Party or the independent voters of the 8th Congressional District?"

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/194476_fundraising09.html

[miss_kitty]

1. (Alleged) Criminal to help cop?

priceless!

[MadChatter]

2. I don't think

anything can help Dave Reichert. His campaign isn't as nasty as Nethercutts'is, but it's still nasty.