Bachmann getting outside help for reelection from Rep Boehner

[CatholicEdHead]

http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/17423949.html

First-term Rep. Michele Bachmann is getting a financial helping hand in her re-election bid from a Republican Party fund that tries to assist candidates who are seen as vulnerable or specificially in the Democrats' cross-hairs.

Bachmann is one of 10 Republicans who will get assistance from the party's Regain Our Majority Program (ROMP) 2008, which is overseen by House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio.

Also slated to get assistance is state Rep. Erik Paulsen, the only Republican running for the open seat being vacated by longtime Republican Rep. Jim Ramstad.

Ramstad's seat is widely considered to be up for grabs because the district is less reliably Republican than it has been in the past. But Bachmann's inclusion on the ROMP assistance list shows how aggressively Democrats have already gone after her.

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[Eric J in MN]

1. The good news is that MN-3 will probably choose a DFL nominee this weekend,

...and then Democrats will have someone to support for the Jim Ramstad (retiring Republican) seat.