The election could have an immediate impact on Republican recruitment of candidates for next year’s races. “Republicans who are on the fence, good quality guys and women, might jump in now,” party consultant Eddie Mahe said.
More than half of the 54 Republicans first elected to the House in 1994, which ended 40 years of Democratic control of the chamber, didn’t decide to run until after the party swept the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial races in 1993, according to Republican officials.
“There has been a bit of a rehabilitation of the Republican brand,” Democratic consultant Glenn Totten said. Even so, he said, Republicans in 2010 “are still going against what I think is a fairly uphill battle in most of these cases.”
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A strong Conservative Republican candidate to run against Alan Grayson would be nice.
Marcus on November 5, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Republicans in 2010 “are still going against what I think is a fairly uphill battle in most of these cases.”
Yeah keep smoking what you are smoking. If Pelosi pushes the blue-dogs to vote for crapocare it will be smooth sailing to a 300 seat majority of rthe GOP
unseen on November 5, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Why do they keep repeating that falsehood?
LibertarianRepublican on November 5, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Good…if they are really conservatives.
SouthernGent on November 5, 2009 at 7:50 PM
The winning message next year will focus on reducing the size and scope of government, lowering taxes, promoting the free market, and domestic energy production. Be serious about these issues, promote them, live them, breathe them and the GOP will sweep. Leave social issues on the sideline next year. That’s not where the electorate is right now and don’t allow the Dems to push socially divisive issues to change the election from fiscal issues to social ones.
But we must demand adherence to these principles and allow no “moderate” deal making that results in more government.
DerKrieger on November 5, 2009 at 9:00 PM
Here’s why.
Agreed.
Kafir on November 6, 2009 at 7:04 AM