For U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert, Democratic challenger Darcy Burner is too inexperienced and left-leaning. For Burner, Reichert is ineffective and has sided with President Bush too often. If those arguments sound familiar, they should. Reichert and Burner are in a rematch for the 8th Congressional District seat — the state's only competitive race for Congress in this election — after a heated and close fight two years ago. The financial markets crisis threatening to cripple the nation's economy has become central to the campaign. At the candidates' first debate in Bellevue on Wednesday, Burner brought up the economy in her opening remarks. "We got into this mess because of tremendous recklessness, and we can't afford that anymore. We have an opportunity to change and we must change," she said. "What we need right now is a bailout...
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