Concerted National Push to Get Rid of Mike Castle
The Swing State Project has released its list of the top 20 recruiting priorities for house races. Finding someone to take on Mike Castle is NUMBER 3!!
20 key House recruiting priorities.
On the whole Democrats are doing exceptionally well when it comes to House Challenger recruitment. By my count there are already 45 districts in which well-established challengers could potentially win. Additionally Democrats have another five districts in which challengers are pretty close to declaring and if such challengers declared would also make these very competitive. This amounts to already 50 potential wins. While this is very good news, I believe there are at twenty more districts in which a Democrat could win if a proper challenger would emerge. With any luck we should be looking at 70 Republicans or more than 1/3 of the Republican House Caucus on the Run. The twenty districts in need of a challenger are on the flip with brief explanations of each. It is also extremely important to remember challenger does not have to mean extremely well funded, well connected party insider or self-funder. In 2006 we won with many first time , regular people who worked very hard. We need just as many Tim Walz’s, as Nick Lampson’s
3. DE AL
This district has been held extremely well held by Republican Michael Castle for a relatively long time and will be an extremely difficult get and yet it is the most Democratic district of any held by a Republican. So far no credible challenger has emerged but if one does Mike Castle can be beat.
This is the kind of thing we are going to need in order to get rid of the fake moderate, Mike Castle. A concerted blog-wide, DCCC, push to find and fund a candidate who can expose Castle’s pro-bush voting record to daily (hourly) scrutiny.
Carper does more mischief in the Senate with his pro-Bush votes than Castle does in the House.
He is also not up for five years. First things first.
Me thinks either Bullock or Coons will run
I had heard this winter that Bullock was going to primary Mayor Baker.
But it isn’t as tho I heard this from someone who would have definitive info.
Bring it.
He is also not up for five years.
Good point. Castle it is, then.
But it IS time to start moving the Overton window on Carper.
I agree. Carper has to go. His recent vote on the FISA update bill was it for me.
“I had heard this winter that Bullock was going to primary Mayor Baker.”
Nope. It looks like it will be Castle.
Interesting!
What do you know about Bullock? I know he is pastor of a local church and that is about it.
Bullock was considering a run against Castle, but has since decided to focus on expansion of his church. He will not be running. As for running against Baker, Rev. Bullock has told me that he has not ruled out future runs for local office, like State Representative or State Senator, but he did not mention the possibility of challenging Baker.
Jason,
Until we have a credible candidate (like one of the following: Denn, Carney, Markell, Blunt, B. Biden, or even Coons), the national blogs can talk about how DE is a strong pickup opportunity all they want. It won’t happen.