Democrats set sights on 2012 targets
They haven’t even been sworn into office yet, but already a collection of newly elected House Republicans are atop the 2012 hit list.
Democrats are convinced that after riding the national wave this year, a handful of lawmakers from the incoming GOP freshman class are fluke winners, guaranteed to face a far more treacherous and complicated path to election two years from now.
In a memo to the Democratic Caucus before the Thanksgiving holiday, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen left little doubt that the 84-member GOP freshman class would form the crux of the party’s targeting efforts, pointing out that more than 50 of the new Republican lawmakers won with less than 55 percent of the vote.
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12/9/10
