Why is the DCCC Trumpeting Polls from Totally Safe Districts?

Because they're desperate for good news, that's why. If they weren't, they wouldn't feel the need to blast out polling data like this:

A Myers Research and Strategic Service survey conducted Sept. 7-8 showed Rep. Dan Boren (D) ahead of Republican Charles Thompson 65 percent to 31 percent in Oklahoma's 2nd district. The Congressman's internal poll surveyed 400 likely voters and had a 4.9 percent margin of error.

In other words, a race that is (a) entirely uncompetitive, (b) in a district represented by an uber-conservative Democrat, that (c) exactly nobody was remotely projecting as a possible GOP pickup...isn't close! Celebrate good times, Democrats.

If this is the type of grasping-at-straws "excitement" the DCCC is generating less than two months out, it's no wonder a very plugged-in GOP source told me yesterday the party views 30-35 seats as the absolute floor for Republican gains in the House. Then again, I'd still say the Oklahoma poll is more thrilling than this.

Why is the DCCC Trumpeting Polls from Totally Safe Districts?

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