U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, Republican from Washington's fast-changing 8th Congressional District, barely had time to sit down in his second term before two challengers started working to defeat him in the 2008 election.
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Two Democrats barking at him so early may make Reichert nervous, but that is not necessarily a bad thing.
Reichert is a conservative — maybe too conservative for his district. Yet, he has been willing to stretch himself to independent votes on such matters as the environment and on the absurdity of the government intervening in the Terri Schiavo case. Schiavo was the severely brain-damaged Florida woman.
The 8th District race will be hard fought in both the primary and the general election seasons. Sounds exhausting in a way, but Tom is a welcome addition to an important campaign.
Reichert challenged on two fronts
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Which is precisely why, given that we're all flawed and imperfect human beings, the vast majority of Americans don't want politicians trying to "legislate morality" from Washington DC. - even if such a thing was possible, which it isn't.
This discussion goes well beyond sex. The Terri Schiavo case was an intrusion by Congress which, despite the fact it was supported by some Democrats, damaged Republicans most in the eyes of the public as the party willing to go out of its way to insert itself into intensely private, end of life discussions among families that had been sorted out through the state legal system.
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