Blake Curd on Republican National Congressional Committee’s Radar
The Republican National Committee must see Congresswoman Herseth Sandlin as beatable. Listen to what they had to say about Blake Curd’s chances:
This week is set to be a busy one for the National Republican Congressional Committee’s “Young Guns” campaign program.
In a sign that the NRCC intends to continue to expand the Republican playing field in 2010, party officials are set to name 14 new challenger and open-seat candidates who have reached the first rung of the committee’s three-tiered fundraising and infrastructure system.
Also, NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions (Texas) is set to announce the first group of candidates who have completed the necessary requirements to reach the program’s highest level and have earned the distinction of being called the GOP’s top House recruits of the 2010 cycle.
The Young Guns system ranks candidates in three levels: “On the Radar,” “Contender” and, finally, “Young Guns.” Candidates are named to the program by meeting individualized benchmarks set by the committee, which include developing grass-roots support, fundraising and creating a media plan. Those benchmarks become higher and more stringent with each level of the program.
Among the 14 GOP candidates who will be named to On the Radar status this week are South Dakota state Rep. Blake Curd, who is running against Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D).
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Says a lot about Chris Nelson’s campaign!
He shaved the stash for nothing. Now he will have to beg for a civil service job in the Daugaard Administration!
I am hesitant to support anyone who becomes an insider during this campaign. I think Curd and Nelson are both fine and dandy!
I wonder if Curd is an RNC boy and Nelson is an SD GOP guy? I mean the problem with the RNC is that they support people based on how much money they can raise not on what their principals are.
So this might be a great thing to party insiders but I don’t know if it is something that gets me really excited.
Curd is kinda wealthy isn’t he? I wonder if that has something to do with the NRCC picking him over Nelson. I remember in 2008 there was a big push to find Republican candidates who could finance themselves so the national campaign committees weren’t spreading themselves too thin. I wonder if the same thing is happening this year?
Does the NRCC know that Curd gave money to Daschle and Herseth?