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Chris Good

Chris Good - Chris Good is a political reporter for ABC News. He was previously an associate editor at The Atlantic and a reporter for The Hill.

Should Dems Worry About the White House Political Shop?

By Chris Good
Jun 3 2010, 10:50 AM ET Comment

Hotline OnCall's Reid Wilson makes the case for why they should, following the news (see Marc's take here) about Andrew Romanoff:
Dems should be concerned over the WH's political shop. Obama has taken some outside advice -- DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen has pushed the WH to make starker the choice between Dems and the GOP -- but Obama's political team has failed to avoid primaries, failed to manage several electoral contests and hasn't managed to move past several recent stories that paint them in a negative light.

Add to that the fact that Obama's approval rating hovers at or below 50%, a crucial mark for his own party's political health, and one begins to wonder whether anything but a huge money advantage can save Dems. And even that's less than likely: Though DNC chair Tim Kaine has pledged to spend $20M directly on political races and $30M on a new effort to turn out voters, Dems involved in campaigns are privately worried the DNC simply doesn't have the cash to follow through.


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