Chandler in NRCC Sight

Rep. Ben Chandler's Republican opponent, Andy Barr, has made the NRCC's Young Gun's list -- a list of 39 house races that it is targeting, the number needed to attain a majority. The significance is extra cash for the campaign.

Todd Lally has not made the list in his bid against Rep. John Yarmuth, but is on the NRCC's "radar" according to Joe Arnold.

The NRCC really needs to send some money Lally's way. Notwithstanding the Democrats' voter registration advantage, and the fact that he's a nice guy, Yarmuth is simply too liberal for Kentucky. On health care, for example, Yarmuth has long championed a single-payer system. Nancy Pelosi tapped Yarmuth to help with "messaging."

If Lally can get enough money to inform Kentuckians of how far left Yarmuth is, this can be a Republican pick-up. The NRCC needs to help Lally as well as Barr.