Plouffe Says Democrats Can Still Hold Majorities

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http://blogs.cqpolitics.com/eyeon2010/2010/10/plouffe-says-democrats-can-sti.html

Democratic strategist David Plouffe on Thursday said turning out Democratic base voters would be crucial on Election Day and that some of the GOP's far-right candidates were helping drive the party's effort to get supporters to the polls.

Plouffe told reporters during a press briefing at the Democratic National Committee that candidates like Sharon Angle, the Republican seeking to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Kentucky Senate hopeful Rand Paul (R) and Delaware's Republican Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell have energized Democratic voters.

"It's one of the reasons Democrats are saying they are more likely to vote," he said. He predicted that if Republicans continue to nominate candidates that are "out of the mainstream" it would eventually hobble the party's moderate wing down the road.

"This is the absolute tip of the iceberg," he said. "If you are a moderate Republican, thinking about running for office in 2011 you need to have your head examined. They are not going to do it because this dynamic is only going to increase."