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rollcall.com - 11/13/2009
Van Hollen: 2010 Will Be Tough, But Not Fatal
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Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said Thursday that House Democrats should brace for challenging races in 2010, but he dismissed the idea that next year's mid-term elections would be an all-out sweep for Republicans.
hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com - 11/20/2009
Van Hollen Says Preparation Will Avoid '94 Repeat
— hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com — DCCC chair Chris Van Hollen has made preparations to avoid a repeat of the GOP sweep of... '94, arguing that political observers who say Dems are in for big losses are premature. "It's going to be competitive, but this is not going to be a 1994 ... (more) Van Hollen Says Preparation Will Avoid '94 Repeat
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cqpolitics.com - 11/8/2009
CQ Transcript: Reps. Van Hollen, Pence, Sen. Lieberman Gov.
— cqpolitics.com — CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS Nov. 8, 2009 – 11:36 a.m. CQ Transcript: Reps. Van Hollen, Pence, Sen.... Lieberman Gov.-elect McDonnell on ‘Fox News Sunday’ CQ Transcriptswire SPEAKERS: CHRIS WALLACE, HOST [*] WALLACE: I’m Chris Wallace and this is “Fox News ... (more) CQ Transcript: Reps. Van Hollen, Pence, Sen. Lieberman Gov.
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Townhall.com Staff: Van Hollen: Health Care Bill Is Key To Electoral Success
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said that he was confident Democrats would do well in the 2010 mid-term elections... as long as the health care bill was passed. Here's Van Hollen at Bloomberg’s Washington Summit: The political fortunes of the entire Caucus are tied together in getting this passed. It's unsurprising that the head of the DCCC expressed a high level of confidence in his party in upcoming elections. But the fact that he thinks that success is so tied up in success of the health care bill is striking. ...

TPMDC Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central — ... DCCC Chairman Chris Van Hollen dismissed the idea that Republicans could win the House in 2010. "People who think this is a redux of 1994 are totally misreading the current situation," said Van Hollen. He also said, though, Democrats would be damaged if they failed to pass a health care bill: "The political fortunes of the entire Caucus are tied together in getting this passed." ...

2010: Health care hurting Dems?
First Read — ... "Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (Md.) said Thursday that House Democrats should brace for challenging races in 2010, but he dismissed the idea that next year’s mid-term elections would be an all-out sweep for Republicans," Roll Call notes. Van Hollen said at the Bloomberg Washington Summit: "People who think this is a redux of 1994 are totally misreading the current situation." ...

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