Republicans Beat Democrats in Recruiting for 2010 House and Senate Races
Doug Heye has served in the House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and Bush administration and is a veteran of political campaigns throughout the nation.
Republicans will not win all of their target races, nor should they expect to. The party is, however, putting itself in a position to win. This is significant and represents a real change from 2008—and both the NRSC and NRCC are off to a stronger start than last cycle.
For the GOP to turn the corner from the successive electoral "smackdowns" of 2006 and 2008—in 2006, voters told Republicans, "We don't like you"; in 2008, they said, "We meant it the first time"—the party must start with candidates who can win. While we were reminded in those two election cycles of the importance of the national political environment, successful candidate recruitment demonstrates that the GOP is putting together the bench to even up the score.
Check out our political cartoons.
Become a political insider: Subscribe to U.S. News Weekly, our new digital magazine.
Reader Comments
Oh dear me...
The Republi party are in such a catastrophic decline EVERYWHERE that they have to CELEBRATE this totally content-free article. Another instance of how completely out of touch with reality they are. So the fact that they can find a candidate who is unopposed by other Republi candidates is a good thing? Or is it that there is just a mind-boggling lack of Republi candidates generally, let alone any good ones, and they are conveniently ignoring it and eagerly accepting any body with a pulse and 10 million dollars to waste losing to the other guy in the actual election.
You left a lot out
Dear Sir,
You appear to have forgotten Republican recruiting problems in Colorado, Nevada and Illinois (is Kirk running or isn't he?), as well as a divisive Republican primaries developing in Missouri and Utah. And the selection of Crist in Florida has riled the base, and promised to be expensive if the Club for Growth enters the fray. Would you care to update your article further, if only from the Senate side?
advertisement
