Tag: Ken Spain

Our good friend Ken Spain, the resident mouthpiece over at the NRCC, makes a funny:

While the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has $44 million ready to use on races across the country, the National Republican Congressional Committee has just $7 million.

Spain said the money didn’t change how voters would respond to the candidates.

“Unless they plan on spending all $44 million on this seat, we believe there is an opportunity here,” he said. “This is a moderate district that wants moderate representation that will embody change, and so far Michael Arcuri has offered none of the above.”

Yes, the DCCC needs to spend all $44 million on shoring up Arcuri while the NRCC continues to hemorrhage crimson red seats in the Deep South.

Sounds like my kinda math!

SSP currently rates this race as Likely Democratic.

From The Hill:

“We have exceeded expectations on the recruitment front,” said NRCC spokesman Ken Spain. “Across the board, top-tier Republican candidates are running in districts that promise to be competitive in places like the Rust Belt, the Northeast, the upper Midwest and in the emerging battleground of the Southwest.”

Folks, Ken Spain needs your help.  Clearly, he has forgotten the long list of recruitment failures that have plagued the House GOP this cycle.

SSP has some of the most knowledgeable commenters around.  In fact, when it comes to downballot races, you guys are second to none.  But folks, we’ll need each of you to really dig deep and help Ken out with a list of every GOP recruitment failure so far this cycle.

Let’s get to work!

UPDATE:

Republican leaders play down the difficulty of finding willing candidates. Ken Spain, a spokesman for the House Republicans’ campaign committee, acknowledged the challenges in certain districts but said the party had done a good job of recruitment over all.

“We believe we have fielded one of the best Republican recruitment classes in quite some time,” he said.

Now we’re just getting beyond spin.