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  GOP lets vulnerable incumbent [Cao] fend for himself
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Last EditedBrandonius Maximus  Oct 20, 2010 05:57pm
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AuthorMolly K. Hooper
News DateWednesday, October 20, 2010 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionRep. Joseph Cao stood with his Republican leaders in opposing the stimulus package and healthcare reform, but the GOP’s campaign committee has not spent a dime to save the targeted Louisiana freshman.

After Cao defeated ethics-scarred Rep. William Jefferson (D) in 2008, House GOP leader John Boehner (Ohio) crowed about the win. In a widely circulated memo titled “The Future is Cao,” Boehner extolled the way the GOP candidate defied the odds to win a district that President Obama won with 75 percent of the vote.
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