“Not only did I read it, but I helped write it.”

Those could be the words that do Patty Murray in, as Dino Rossi releases an ad titled “Who Wrote the Bill?”

WA-SEN: HuffPo Avg. Shows Race in Dead Heat

Click here to view Huffington Post’s trend estimate.

Politico had a report showing Rossi on the upswing last week as well.

WA-08: Reichert Goes on TV, DCCC Pulling Out?

Just as Reichert is going up on TV for the first time, RedCounty.com reports the DCCC may already be throwing in the towel on his challenger:

WA-02: Koster Featured on CQPolitics.com

Via CQPolitics’ Candidate Conversations:

More info: KosterForCongress.com.

WA-06: Norm Dicks Lies About Votes to Avoid Debate?

That’s what investigative reporter John Fund of the Wall Street Journal suggests:

Incumbents have come up with some unusual strategies to avoid debates in this election.

Take Democrat Norm Dicks, a 34-year veteran of the House from Washington State. You’d think he’d be eager to tout all he has done for his Tacoma district, but this past Monday he pulled out of a debate with his GOP opponent after the local newspaper had announced he would attend. Mr. Dicks’ office sent a representative to the debate who told the 300 people in attendance that his boss had to miss the event to cast “several important votes” back in Washington. The only problem is that there were no votes scheduled for Monday or Tuesday of this week. While the debate was going on, Mr. Dicks was actually in Everett, a city outside his district, meeting with a group of unionized Boeing employees.

Doug Cloud, Mr. Dicks’ opponent, took full advantage of the Congressman’s absence. “I’m drawing a line in the sand and Norm Dicks doesn’t want to face that line and the mistakes he’s made,” he told the audience for the aborted debate.

If you’re a subscriber to the WSJ’s Political Diary, read the whole article.