Democrats cut ad buys for Chet Edwards

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Reid Wilson:

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This week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee began running ads in seats held by Reps. Bill Delahunt (Mass.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Phil Hare (Ill.), Bill Foster (Ill.), Leonard Boswell (Iowa), Sanford Bishop (Ga.), and John Salazar (Colo.). In each district, Democrats won re-election by significant, if not overwhelming, margins in 2008. Now, Democrats view every one of those seats as endangered.

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But what's telling is how far out on the margins Democrats feel compelled to begin. Republicans need to net 39 seats to win back a House majority. On both Democratic and Republican target lists, members like Hare, Bishop, Foster, and Salazar fall well below the 39th most competitive seat.

Meanwhile, much more vulnerable Democrats, who face much better-funded Republican challengers, are seeing their ad buys cut, a clear sign that Democrats believe spending money on their behalf is a waste of resources. Earlier this week, Democrats cut ad buys in districts held by Reps. Betsy Markey (Colo.), Harry Teague (N.M.), Chet Edwards (Texas), and Suzanne Kosmas (Fla.), and in open seats being vacated by Reps. Brad Ellsworth (Ind.) and Dennis Moore (Kan.).

Those six seats are among the most likely to flip to Republican control....

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Political triage is underway for the Democrats and Edwards looks like someone they do not expect to survive this time.  He has been a survivor in a GOP leaning district for a long time, but the Obama-Pelosi agenda has caught up with him, it appears.
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