Pindell Report

MINNEAPOLIS - Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Auburn) has consistently shown up on lists of vulnerable Republican House incumbents in 2008, just two years removed from a close race in 2006 in a district that voted for John Kerry. Among those is the Pindell Report, which showed Reichert's rematch with Democrat Darcy Burner as the country's most competitive.

Still, he won the primary on August 19 by four percent and it was just revealed that the National Republican Congressional Committee was dedicating a million dollars toward advertising on behalf of his campaign. Both are signs that his race will be close, but that Reichert may have a slight edge. King County Republican Party Chair Lori Sotelo agrees.

MINNEAPOLIS -Washington's 2008 gubernatorial race may be the most competitive one in the country according to the Pindell Report, but that isn't enough to get Grover Norquist to follow it closely. Norquist admitted this morning that he has not been paying attention to the rematch between Dino Rossi and Gov. Chris Gregoire, but said he had an idea about what he liked and disliked about the candidates from their 2004 campaigns.

"Well, I followed the race the last time around," Norquist told PolitickerWA.com about 2004 but then confessed he was "not focused on this race, but having watched Dino in the past he is a limited government, try to keep taxes down guy and our lady friend is sort of the other direction."

Still, he gave Gregoire some credit for signing the bill that created a government transparency law recently even if he said she spent too much.