Picking Winners and Losers

Stu Rothenberg looks at NRCC expenditures in various Congressional districts and finds that most of the money was well spent. He disagrees with the decision to spend money on defending Sali, Souder, Schmidt, Kuhl, Musgrave, and Bachmann.

While damaged GOP incumbents such as Sali, Schmidt and Souder continue to drain the NRCC’s cash in solid Republican districts, strong GOP open-seat candidates such as Darren White (New Mexico’s 1st), Erik Paulsen (Minnesota’s 3rd), Leonard Lance (New Jersey’s 7th), Chris Lee (New York’s 26th) and Steve Stivers (Ohio’s 15th) are fighting for their political lives.