DCCC unveils new Red to Blue list

For those who missed Larry Kissell's diary yesterday, the DCCC has unveiled their second "Red to Blue" list for this cycle:

Kay Barnes (MO-06)
Anne Barth (WV-02)
Darcy Burner (WA-08)
Robert Daskas (NV-03)
Steve Driehaus (OH-01)
Jim Himes (CT-04)
Christine Jennings (FL-13)
Larry Kissell (NC-08)
Suzanne Kosmas (FL-24)
Eric Massa (NY-29)
Gary Peters (MI-09)
Mark Schauer (MI-07)
Dan Seals (IL-10)

Very nice to see at least three Blue Majority candidates on this list-Darcy Burner, Dan Seals and Eric Massa.

This is in addition to Charlie Brown in CA-04, Dan Maffei in NY-25, and Gary Trauner in WY-AL, who made the first wave of Red to Blue, as well as 2006 netroots candidate Larry Kissell.

That is quite a bit of overlap between netroots candidates and Red to Blue. It's hard to complain about that.

It's also nice to see that the DCCC is actively pursuing incumbents in fairly solidly Republican districts-Anne Barth in WV-02, Kay Barnes in MO-06, Suzanne Kosmas in FL-24. I think this demonstrates nicely their commitment to expanding the map, and being aggressive in districts we haven't contested as strongly in the past.

Furthermore, it's nice to see the DCCC going hard in Michigan, which many considered a missed opportunity in 2006. I still hope to see Mike Rogers and Thaddeus McCotter taken out some day, but you can't have everything.

So overall, a nice list. Good choices all around.

I'm still mad about this, though.

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