Thanks largely to her support for the war in Iraq, electoral support for Senator Maria Cantwell (D) has slipped once again—for the fifth survey in a row.

In the latest Rasmussen Reports poll of an increasingly competitive U.S. Senate race, Senator Cantwell now leads former Safeco CEO Mike McGavick (R) 44% to 40%. She led by five points in May, eight in April, thirteen in March, fifteen in January.

I was not aware that Cantwell supports the war, but nevertheless this is good news. For a Republican Senate candidate to be doing this well against a Democratic incumbent in a heavily Democratic state is a good example of how all politics are local. Regardless of the overall sentiment about the GOP, the people in Washington obviously yearn for something more than politics as usual in Washington.