It seems Sheriff Dave has changed his Web site, which for months touted a rating showing him being the second most effective House member from Washington state during his first term. But according to the Democrats, sometime earlier this month that reference was dropped from his Web site. Reichert is now listed by congress.org as the least effective Washington state member and 401st out of the 439 House members.

State Democratic Chairman Dwight Pelz was quick to pounce.

"Aside from the occasional earmark, Republican Dave Reichert has accomplished next to nothing after more than three years in office," Pelz said, in a backhanded slap at Reichert’s recent decision to no longer seek congressional earmarks.

Reichert's site continues to tout his position as the ranking Republican on the House Homeland Security Committee’s intelligence, information sharing and terrorism risk assessment subcommittee, even though this is just his second term.

"We are grateful the Washington State Democratic Party noticed we have re-launched our Web site,” said Mike Shields, a Reichert spokesman. "We have an exciting new Web site and we hope everyone will visit davereichertforcongress.com.

"That’s all I have to say."

To put this in some perspective, keep in mind that the party in control sets the agenda, which affects the ratings. The Republicans were in control of Congress when Reichert received his high rating. Now Democrats are in control.

Here's how congress.org ranks the entire Evergreen State delegation:

Senator/party/rank in Senate:
Patty Murray, D, 21
Maria Cantwell, D, 48

Representative/party/rank in House:
Norm Dicks, D, 22
Jim McDermott, D, 39
Jay Inslee, D, 72
Brian Baird, D, 212
Rick Larsen, D, 236
Adam Smith, D, 258
Doc Hastings, R, 301
Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R, 356
Dave Reichert, R, 401

Here's the explanation of how the group calculates the rankings.