Maher Picks Unlikely Target to Defeat

Comedian Bill Maher named Rep. John Kline (R-MN) “as the viewer-nominated GOP lawmaker the funnyman wants to oust from Congress in his ‘Flip a District’ challenge,” The Hill reports. “But Maher will have a tough time trying to defeat Kline, who’s not a top Democratic target and is expected to cruise to a seventh term.”

The Fix: “As it happens, Kline faces a rematch this year with the same guy he beat by eight points in 2012, former state Rep. Mike Obermueller (D). Except Obermueller this time is dealing with a much less favorable environment. And the Cook Political Report, which has rated 29 Republican seats as being potentially in play in the 2014 election, doesn’t even include Kline among the least-vulnerable on that list.”