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# Now The Republicans Think Grimm Is Vulnerable, Too
- URL: https://bklyner.com/now-the-republicans-think-grimm-is-vulnerable-too-bensonhurst/
- Published: 2013-07-22T13:00:05.000Z
- Updated: 2013-07-22T13:00:05.000Z
- Author: Ned Berke
- Tags: 11th Congressional District, dccc, elections 2014, mark murphy, #API-Imported

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After Congressman Michael Grimm [defeated the lackluster Mark Murphy](/local-winners-from-election-day/) in the congressional elections last year by a mere seven points, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) swung towards the 11th Congressional District like the Eye of Sauron on some brave hobbits. They chose [Councilman Domenic Recchia as a top-tier candidate](/recchia-getting-early-aid-from-democrats-in-dc/) who could possibly unseat Grimm, a proposition bolstered by the fact that Barack Obama, a Democrat, handily won the district of Grimm, a Republican.

Cue the money. [The DCCC has been aiding the Recchia campaign](/recchia-getting-a-big-push-from-democratic-party-leaders-in-his-effort-to-unseat-grimm/) with fundraising and communications, including a number of attacks on the sitting congressman that question everything from his [fundraising to his friends](/grimm-targeted-in-ads-blaming-republicans-for-sequester-mess/) [to his intelligence](/grimm-doesnt-know-what-district-he-is-in/).

Now the Republicans are doing the same for Grimm, adding him to a list of “vulnerable” candidates in what they call the “Patriot program.” As the DCCC does for Recchia, the National Republican Congressional Committee will do for Grimm.

CQ Roll Call [reports](http://atr.rollcall.com/house-gop-adds-9-vulnerable-incumbents-to-patriot-program/?ref=bklyner.com):

> The Patriot program provides fundraising and communications support to incumbents who meet certain NRCC benchmarks in their re-election campaigns. The nine Patriot program additions join 11 House Republicans whom [the NRCC already deemed vulnerable](http://www.rollcall.com/news/house%5Frepublicans%5Fannounce%5Fvulnerable%5Fincumbents%5Ffor%5Fpatriot%5Fprogram-224214-1.html?ref=bklyner.com).

> … Rep. Michael G. Grimm in New York’s 11th District. Grimm is one of a few Republican House members who represents a district Obama carried in 2012\. He won re-election by 7 points last year, defeating a lackluster Democratic nominee. But this cycle, Democrats are running New York City Councilmember Domenic Recchia, [whom they have billed as a top recruit this cycle](http://atr.rollcall.com/new-york-recchia-meets-with-dccc-officials-to-plot-grimm-challenge/?ref=bklyner.com).

Presumably, the NRCC is responsible for the tone deaf advertisement released earlier this month, [comparing Recchia to Hollywood villains ](/republicans-try-to-compare-recchia-to-hollywoods-worst-villains/)including *Star Wars*‘ The Emperor and *Back to the Future’*s Biff.

Yeah, Biff.

This is going to be an entertaining campaign season (and a long one, since the election isn’t until November 2013). Thank goodness it’s all being coordinated on both sides by a bunch of hacks in D.C. rather than actual grassroots support.