The leader of the Indiana House Democrats — who fled the Hoosier state along with his caucus and beat back a Republican majority led by Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) in March — told TPM Thursday that reports of entitlement cuts in the national debt talks could cost state legislators like him the chance to capitalize on the fights of 2011 in next year’s elections.And state Rep. Pat Bauer (D) knows what he’s talking about: He’s a member of board at the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the national group charged with boosting Democratic numbers in statehouses across the country.
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