Dems See ‘Pick-Up Opportunity’ In Indiana Senate | Talking Points Memo

DSCC Executive Director Guy Cecil issued a memo Wednesday morning suggesting that Indiana Senate nominee Richard Mourdock would be the next Ken Buck, the tea party nominee in Colorado in 2010 whose extreme positions cost him his Senate race. “By defeating Dick Lugar and nominating Richard Mourdock, the Tea Party has done it again, handing another strong pick-up opportunity to Democrats,” the memo reads. The memo outlines areas where Democrats think Mourdock is too extreme, making him vulnerable even though he’s a Republican in a red state:


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