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DCCC Should Invest in Alabama GOP Primary

Last month’s announcement by freshman Rep. Parker Griffith (Ala.) that he would leave the Democratic Party to caucus with Republicans robs Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of a vote, but it also gives her and the Democratic leadership a unique opportunity. Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) should spend in Griffith’s 2010 GOP primary to serve notice to any current and future Democratic Members who might consider a move to demonstrate that switching parties has consequences.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.
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