Fire on the Right

As we start ramping up our 2010 election coverage, we’re paying close attention to races where Republicans have a good shot at knocking off a Democratic incumbent but have an intra-party conflict pitting somewhat moderate GOPers against the Tea Party/Club for Growth right. Virginia’s 5th CD is shaping up as a really good example. There State Senator Robert Hurt (R-VA) just got religion and signed Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge to shore up his right, despite the fact that Hurt was once one of Norquist’s targeted ‘moderates’.