The Seattle newspaper The Stranger comes to the conclusion that Republican Rep. Dave Reichart is bulletproof.

Back in the 8th Congressional District. Back on the breakfast beat. How many times can I cross Lake Washington and drive down Bellevue Way Southeast and sit in some artery-hardening diner or other because I need a backdrop, some “color”? How many times can I write the same [bad word]ing story about the Democrats’ flailing efforts to win an Eastside congressional seat that they should own by now but have never, ever won?
. . . [Likely Democratic candidate Susan] DelBene is the former Microsoft executive turned Democratic politician (sound familiar?) who announced her candidacy in February, dropped $200,000 of her own money into her campaign war chest, and was promptly hit by the revelation — revealed on Slog (sorry about that, DelBene) — that she’d failed to cast a ballot in nine elections over the last four years. Among the elections DelBene missed: the 2006 general election, when the congressional seat she now wants was being voted on . . .
DelBene is already toast. Too similar to Burner. Too many holes in her voting record. Too unknown (Reichert was King County sheriff when the Green River Killer was caught) and damaged already (she’s going to be branded long before she can brand herself). Plus, she has no political experience. Give ‘em somebody else.

I understand Democrats’ Plan B is to send a cyborg back in time to try to prevent Reichart from getting elected in his first race.