Dem Incumbents: Hey, Don't Challenge Us In the Primaries...Pretty Please??

Jim Geraghty discusses a plaintive plea from Democrats hoping for an easy path to renomination (from the Morning Jolt email):

Well, they won't listen, but it's fun to hear House Democrat making this plea anyway: "Liberal groups need to stay out of Democratic primaries if the party is going to retake the House majority, according to a conservative Massachusetts Democrat. Rep. Stephen Lynch was one of several Democrats who faced an aggressive primary challenge from the left in 2010. His challenger Mac D'Alessandro, a former top official with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), received almost $300,000 from labor groups for his campaign. . . . 'I think if we had avoided that, we would have saved, maybe, six or eight more seats,' said Lynch. 'I don't think it would have stopped the overall result, but maybe six or eight seats' could have been held. Clearing primaries for members and discouraging liberal groups from spending against incumbents should be a priority for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, he said. 'It would definitely help, I think. You need to talk to those groups.'"

Moderate Republicans are probably saying "Me too, Tea Party, me too!".