Republicans' issues give Democratic recruiting a boost

Republicans' issues give Democratic recruiting a boost

By ALEX ISENSTADT at politico

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/gops-issues-give-democratic-recruiting-a-boost-98583.html?hp=t3_3

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House Democrats have been all but written off in 2014, but now they finally have something to smile about: The twin fiscal crises that did a number on GOP approval ratings nationwide are providing a badly needed boost to Democratic candidate recruitment efforts.

More than a half-dozen blue-chip Democratic candidates who had been uneasy about running — or flatly declined to do so — are now jumping headlong into top-flight races. And they’re citing the ugly spectacle on Capitol Hill as a big reason.
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In Nebraska, Pete Festersen, an Omaha city councilman, announced earlier this month that he will try to unseat GOP Rep. Lee Terry. Festersen previously said he wouldn’t run against Terry, an eight-term incumbent with a history of narrow reelection wins.

But after Terry came under fire for answering “dang straight” to a question about whether he would accept pay during the government shutdown, Festersen reconsidered. National Democrats see Festersen as just the kind of pro-business moderate who can give the party a shot in the Republican-friendly 2nd Congressional District.



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