THE FIRST TIME THEY EVER SAW THE WAVE COMING:

Davis: Best GOP recruits ever (JOSH KRAUSHAAR, 2/17/10, Politico)

Former GOP Congressman Tom Davis, who heads the moderate Republican Main Street Partnership, praised the party’s recruiting classes in the House and Senate as the best in modern political history and predicted sizable Republican gains this year in both bodies.

Davis, a noted political junkie and former National Republican Congressional Committee chairman, met with political reporters Wednesday morning to give his view of the 2010 political landscape. Since retiring from the House in 2008, he’s emerged as a frank voice willing to criticize elements of his own party.

“Republicans have had the best recruiting year in history, as near as I can tell, although you might argue 1946 for unique reasons. … It’s hard to think of a better recruiting year than the one we’re in,” Davis said.

It'll be nice to avoid that hangover when we realize the flock of dodos our party just inflicted on the country and to have folks who deserve reelection.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 17, 2010 6:23 PM