There\u2019s no mistaking the impact that Scott Brown\u2019s win in Massachusetts is having on Republican efforts for the fall elections. Senator John Cornyn, Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign, says having strong GOP candidates in each race is \u201c90% of the game,\u201d and that Brown\u2019s victory is making his job a lot easier these days. \u201cWe\u2019ve heard from a lot of people who previously said they were not going to run and telling us now they’re reconsidering, \u201c Cornyn says. The Senator says that\u2019s in addition to \u201ca great range\u201d of high-quality candidates across the country. One of the most prominent examples is the Arkansas race for incumbent Democrat Senator Blanche Lincoln\u2019s seat. Congressman John Boozman (R-AR), says Brown\u2019s upset win convinced him that now is the right time to challenge Lincoln, and he has officially entered the race. The \u201cScott Brown Effect\u201d is also showing up on the House side, where former Pennsylvania Congressman, Republican Mike Fitzpatrick, has announced he will fight to win back his seat from Democratic Congressman Patrick Murphy. Murphy called Brown\u2019s win \u201cinspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n
Political analyst Stu Rothenberg says many potential GOP candidates were swayed off the fence and into the fray by Brown\u2019s Bay State victory. \u201cEverybody believes this is looking like a very good Republican cycle,\u201d Rothenberg said, \u201ceven a political wave.\u201d In recent weeks, Rothenberg has offered up a very promising outlook for Republicans, putting 58 Democratic House seats into the \u201ccompetitive\u201d category \u2013 and just 14 Republican seats. As for Senate races, Rothenberg puts 4 Democrat seats in the \u201cLean Takeover\u201d category \u2013 and no Republican seats. It\u2019s an environment Rothenberg says is perfect for GOP candidate recruiting, and one he predicts will lead to even more Democratic retirements.<\/p>\n
Democrats say they\u2019re having no difficulty recruiting, but concede they are likely to lose numerous seats in both the House and Senate. The man who twice chaired the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, former Congressman Martin Frost, believes his party still has the key advantage: President Barack Obama. \u201cHe\u2019s still personally popular,\u201d Frost says. Of course, Obama\u2019s name won\u2019t be on the ballot this fall, but his policies (in essence) will be. That\u2019s made some potential Democratic contenders think twice about wading into the midterm elections. However, Frost predicts Democrats can succeed if they make sure their candidates have the assurance of being well-financed and if they focus on \u201cthe economy and jobs.\u201d In the meantime, Congressman Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who is in charge of recruiting GOP candidates for House races, says the party has locked in 77 \u201ctop-tier\u201d candidates, well on the way to the party\u2019s goal of 80.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There\u2019s no mistaking the impact that Scott Brown\u2019s win in Massachusetts is having on Republican efforts for the fall elections. Senator John Cornyn, Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign, says having strong GOP candidates in each race is \u201c90% of the game,\u201d and that Brown\u2019s victory is making his job a lot easier these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4741,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}