Darcy Burner, who narrowly lost a Democratic bid for Congress from Washington's 8th district, appears to be running again. It's not clear why she thinks she'll win this time.
Burner filed preliminary paperwork for a bid on Friday and sounded like a full-blown candidate Sunday night on David Goldstein's show on KIRO radio. She repeated the themes from her last campaign: the country's going in the wrong direction, President Bush is a failure, Rep. Dave Reichert is a rubber-stamp who's out of touch with the voters in the suburban Seattle district.
There are plenty of reasons to vote for change, yet I haven't heard any convincing reasons to vote for Burner. It's possible that a wave of support for new national policies could carry the election in November 2008. More likely 8th district voters, who have consistently sent Republicans to Congress, will need a reason to toss out a two-term incumbent. There's at least one movement afoot to find a candidate who might provide that gravitas.