| Roll Call is reporting on a NRCC memo that lists 23 House seats and an open seat as targets this fall. Two New York Democrats are on the list, Krsten Gillibrand (NY-20) and Michael Arcuri (NY-24). What's interesting to me is who isn't on the list, John Hall (NY-19). I guess the NRCC, after failing at least three times to recruit a quality self funding challenger to Hall, is basically tossing rookie Kieran Michael Lalor to the wolves and taking a pass on mounting a serious challenge in the 19th.
NRCC Memo Reveals 24 Democratic Targets (Sub req'd)
The National Republican Congressional Committee is targeting 23 Democratic incumbents, including several freshmen, and one open seat, according a memo obtained by Roll Call that was prepared by the NRCC for a March 5 briefing to political action committee officials.
The memo, titled "Two Dozen Reasons the NRCC will Pick Up Seats in 2008," shed some light as to where the NRCC might direct its limited resources in the fall, although the seats included on the committee's target list come as no surprise. The NRCC used the memo to highlight pickup opportunities in the November elections and urge PACs to donate to the committee and help Republicans take back the House.
The full list, which is heavy with freshmen in districts won by Bush in 2004, is in the extended entry... |
