Big CA Race

According to Hotline's "On Call" blog, NRCC head Tom Reynolds had this to say about Republican Brian Bilbray's win in San Diego, yesterday:

"National Democrats must come to terms with the fact that momentum for the midterm elections will not materialize simply because they preordain it in the media or because they ask their special interest friends to buy it for them.

"The results in San Diego show that nothing has happened to alter the notion that House elections are about a choice between local personalities focused on local issues."

... All politics is local. Somewhere, Tip O'Neil is smiling.

Bilbray will face Democrat Francine Busby on the ballot in November.

The truth is that I think we tend to put too much emphasis on these special elections. Regardless of who wins, I don't see them as a harbinger of things to come.

Still, it makes for good conversation.