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Tea Party Targeting Dems

The Tea Party Express is ready to take off on another rally across states to target Democrats. They newly added Democrat from Mass. Barney Frank to their "hit list". He is added to the list with Harry Reid from Nevada.

2 comments:

Ben said...

Is this a good strategy to target a representative that doesn't seem too vulnerable within his district? Does the Tea Party believe it can unseat Frank or do they wish to hurt the Democratic Party as a whole by attacking a representative that may not be as popular outside of his home district?

Ryan Evers said...

Both. Scott Brown actually won in Frank's district, so while still unlikely it is plausible that a Republican could carry that district. And anytime you bring up his name and the mess he helped orchestrate in the housing market it hurts the Democratic name as a whole.

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