Expensive

This year looks like it is going to be very expensive for republicans, in both seats lost and money spent. Want to know how bad it is for republicans? Check out how much money the NRCC is dumping into Duke Cunningham's old seat just to make sure one of their candidates makes it into a runoff in the special election to replace him. From the Stakeholder:

Public information, but not online: NRCC just bought $360,665 worth of ads in the district. 925 points, meaning the average targeted voter will see their ad 9-10 times before election day.

That's a 925 point buy in a district where registered republicans outnumber registered Democrats by sixteen points (46R/30D/24I). Ouch, that's gotta hurt.