DCCC expands ad buy to +50 (!) districts

[Mr.Phips]

As usual, it's more important to note the races left off, as opposed to the ones included.  On my list, it is as follows:

DEM
Likely R
29. KY-02* (Lewis)
31. WY-AL* (Cubin)
32. MD-01* (Gilchrest)
33. OH-02 (Schmidt)
34. WV-02 (Capito)

GOP
Toss-up
4. PA-10 (Carney)
7. GA-08 (Marshall - maybe the Obama campaign is covering here )

Lean R
12. CT-05 (Murphy)
16. NY-20 (Gillibrand)
17. PA-11 (Kanjorski - other buys have already been made here)

Likely R
21. KS-03 (Moore)
22. MN-01 (Walz)
And now for my Watch List races that have been included...

DEM
CA-04* (Doolittle - this spending won't actually occur, we know)
FL-21 (Diaz-Balart - going fishing in Cuba)
FL-24 (Feeney - I may move this one up anyway, considering fundraising)
FL-25 (Diaz-Balart - going fishing in Cuba)

GOP
IL-14 (Foster - this spending won't actually occur, we know)
MS-01 (Childers - see above)

lol
FL-18 (Ros-Lehtinen)

Wait, how are you saying that districts like NY-20, PA-11, and CT-05 are lean are?  Im in NY-20 and its certainly at least lean D at this point. 

[Mr.Phips]

Rothenberg thinks Wulsin is unimpressive and muddled in her views. Perhaps the DCCC agrees, or simply doesn't want to invest in a one-term wonder.

While I haven't met Wulsin, based on what I've gleaned from her website, I'd agree with Rothenberg's view.  I still don't understand why Wulsin, a likely "one-term wonder," is less worthy than Walt Minnick (ID-01), another likely one-term wonder.

I guess we'll have to wait till 2012 for redistricting to end Schmidt's career.

ID-01 was actually held by a Democrat for two terms from 1990 to 1994. 

[Mr.Phips]

Rothenberg thinks Wulsin is unimpressive and muddled in her views. Perhaps the DCCC agrees, or simply doesn't want to invest in a one-term wonder.

While I haven't met Wulsin, based on what I've gleaned from her website, I'd agree with Rothenberg's view.  I still don't understand why Wulsin, a likely "one-term wonder," is less worthy than Walt Minnick (ID-01), another likely one-term wonder.

I guess we'll have to wait till 2012 for redistricting to end Schmidt's career.

ID-01 was actually held by a Democrat for two terms from 1990 to 1994. 

That was before Idaho trended from Republican-leaning to super Republican. Democrat= environmentalist, which is a bad word in most parts of Idaho (read: anywhere other than Sun Valley, which is populated by rich carpetbaggers who think of the environment as an amenity, like a seaweed massage).

We can thank the Clintons for this.  It probably helps that they are no longer the face of the Democratic party.