Darcy Burner

Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is facing a political headwind from the breath of Boeing here in Washington state, according to a report from Politico.com's Jeanne Cummings.

She cites the relative success of Dino Rossi (R-Sammamish) in his race to unseat Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire, and Rep. Dave Reichert's (R-Auburn) ability to keep his race a tossup in the 8th Congressional District.

Both Republicans have held polling leads during the campaign, although their opponents are currently on top. 

Similar races across the country have been riding a strong wave behind Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) to lean Democratic.

McCain has taken many legislative stands against Boeing, and has even mentioned them during presidential debates this fall.

Dave Reichert's campaign is up with a television ad called "Harvard Hoax", its fourth of the campaign season, looking to capitalize on the issue of Darcy Burner's questionable college economics degree.

"Darcy Burner had a problem," the narrator says in the ad, "no experience, no record, no credentials, so she made them up."

The ad then shows a clip of Burner speaking at a recent debate saying, "I loved economics so much I got a degree in it from Harvard."

Burner's actual degree was in computer science with a concentration in economics.