Politico.com: GOP Ditches Recruits to Save Incumbents
Oct 14, 11:07 AM CST
Politico writes that the GOP is abandoning attempts to pick up seats in Congress and is instead focused on defending vulnerable incumbents. One of the prime examples? NE-02:
“The DCCC has made advertising decisions that have forced Republicans’ hands,” he continued, mentioning Terry’s seat in Nebraska and one held by conservative Rep. Mark Souder in Indiana. “Republicans, in turn, need to spend in these districts. And $500,000 to the [National Republican Congressional Committee] is a whole lot more meaningful than $500,000 to the [Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee].”
Despite some early suggestions that John McCain would help a few Republicans in marginal districts, the presidential election is playing to the Democrats’ favor in races across the country. Barack Obama’s current momentum is strong enough that even some Republicans in red states, such as Nebraska, have tied themselves to the Democrats this fall.
In Nebraska, where Obama hired a state director to help him turn out the vote in and around Omaha, Terry just sent voters a piece of mail with a testimonial from a woman who plans to split her vote between the Republican congressman and the Democratic presidential contender — a sure sign that the GOP brand is lagging along with the economy and McCain’s own prospects for the White House.
From the sound of it, Lee Terry is one of the incumbents that will receive these NRCC reinforcements. They wouldn’t be playing here if they weren’t concerned, but the resources that will be pouring into Omaha will make our jobs that much tougher.
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