aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Recruiting Republican challengers in GA

Jonathan Singer reports that all year long the Republicans have had enormous difficulty recruiting solid candidates to go up against potentially endangered Democratic House members.

One of them is our own John Barrow. The NRCC is saying now that it expects a wave of recruits:

The committee is expecting recruits to emerge soon against Reps. Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.), John Barrow (D-Ga.), Baron Hill (D-Ind.), David Loebsack (D-Iowa) and Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.), who are all without major committee-recruited GOP challengers. All but Barrow are freshmen.

The NRCC is meeting with potential candidates against Murphy and Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.), another freshman without a major opponent.
Meanwhile, Indiana Republicans have been anxiously awaiting word from former Rep. Mike Sodrel (R), who is rumored to be in for a fourth straight match-up with Hill. And Iraq veteran Wayne Mosley, an orthopedic surgeon, has been mentioned as a potential challenger to Barrow.

Comments Singer, “it’s not terribly likely that just by talking about such a surge they’re going to create one.”

SEE ALSO: John Barrow’s challenge.