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Thursday, March 15, 2007

GOP on offensive already for 2008

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Fewer than 100 days after Rep. Jerry McNerney, California Democrat, knocked off a Republican incumbent and captured the seat in a historically conservative district last year, the attack began.

On Feb. 8, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) denounced Mr. McNerney as a liberal tied to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

"It's almost unbelievable, some have said it's unprecedented," Mr. McNerney replied in a campaign fundraising e-mail that lamented the early start to an election more than 600 days away.

"They will stop at nothing to take this important seat back from us, even before they actually have a candidate."

Republicans scrambling to regain control in the House are targeting freshman Democrats, such as Mr. McNerney, who won seats in conservative districts carried by President Bush in 2004. Mr. McNerney defeated Rep. Richard W. Pombo in one of the 61 "Bush" districts that Republicans will vigorously contest in 2008.

Democrats, meanwhile, are working to shore up their fragile majority in the Senate.

With all members of the House up for re-election every two years, lawmakers are in constant campaign mode. But this year, many members say the fight has started even earlier.

Freshman Rep. Nancy Boyda, Kansas Democrat, is an example. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is running radio ads criticizing Mrs. Boyda for her vote on a bill to make it easier for workers to join unions.

"I would have preferred to have more time focused on governing, but this will be a hotly contested seat," she said. In 2004, Mr. Bush carried her district by 20 points, and Mrs. Boyda anticipates more such ads.

It's not just Republican campaigns getting an early start.

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