“Vowing to expand their majority, House Republicans have identified
seven Democrats they consider top targets for the midterm elections,”
according to a memo obtained
by National Journal.

“The targeted members are Reps. Ron Barber and Ann Kirkpatrick of
Arizona, John Barrow of Georgia, Jim Matheson of Utah, Mike McIntyre of
North Carolina, Collin Peterson of Minnesota, and Nick Rahall of West
Virginia. Each represents a district that has voted for the Republican
nominee in the last three presidential elections.”

From a must-watch Frontline airing tonight: “On the night of Barack Obama’s inauguration, a group of top GOP luminaries quietly gathered in a Washington steakhouse to lick their wounds and ultimately create the outline of a plan for how to deal with the incoming administration.”

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Former Michele Bachmann staffer Peter Waldron tells BuzzFeed that debate coach Brett O’Donnell developed an “unnatural” and “Rasputin-like” relationship with Bachmann during her failed 2012 presidential campaign.

Waldron said O’Donnell exercised an “unusual power over Mrs. Bachmann” and even “prohibited her husband, Dr. Marcus Bachmann, from sleeping in the same room with wife while on the campaign trail.”

Waldron is one of five staffers who says they are still owed money by the Bachmann campaign.