Miami—Lesley Clark, writing in The Miami Herald, tells us how the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee doesn’t like Karl Rove & American Crossroads defending freshman Congressman David Rivera (D-FL). Earlier this week, The DCCC started a media campaign against Rivera. The campaign includes emails, radio spots, web videos and phone calls.

While Clark singles out Rivera (who has had plenty of bad press since winning in November), the DCCC’s campaign has targeted 18 other freshman Republicans:

Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (N.Y.)
Rep. Lou Barletta (Pa.)
Rep. Charlie Bass (N.H.)
Rep. Steve Chabot (Ohio)
Rep. Chip Cravaack (Minn.)
Rep. Bob Dold (Ill.)
Rep. Sean Duffy (Wis.)
Rep. Blake Farenhold (Texas)
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (Pa.)
Rep. Nan Hayworth (N.Y.)
Rep. Joe Heck (Nev.)
Rep. Robert Hurt (Va.)
Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (Mich.)
Rep. Pat Meehan (Pa.)
Rep. Dave Reichert (Wash.)
Rep. David Rivera (Fla.)
Rep. Jon Runyan (N.J.)
Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.)
Rep. Allen West (Fla.)

(Source: Washington Post, The Fix 2/3/11)

Yep, Allen West. You may have heard of him. Last Monday, Clay Shaw briefly mentioned this campaign during his speech before The Broward Republican Executive Committee. 

American Crossroads, a conservative group associated with Karl Rove, has placed radio ads in the 19 congressional districts targeted by the DCCC.

They don’t like it when Republicans respond to Democrat attacks.

We don’t know Ms. Clark, but Rove and Rivera are easy targets. Perhaps she didn’t want to alert the millions of West supporters about this smear campaign.  Just one more sign that the Democrats aren’t taking any time off. It’s time for us to get back to work.