Sequester politics in Florida, part two: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee takes on Bill Young

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On the conference call Israel singled out Republicans who the DCCC are apparently targeting for 2014, mentioning Congressmen Charlie Dent (PA-15); Scott Garrett (NJ-05); Frank LoBiondo (NJ-02); Scott Rigell (VA-02); Jon Runyan (NJ-03); Mike Turner (OH-10); Frank Wolf (VA-10); Kevin Yoder (KS-03); and Young.

When Israel was asked if he thinks Young — who has been elected to 22 terms of Congress as a representative for Pinellas County — will be vulnerable in 2014, the chairman sounded like he was reading off a script, "I think the likelihood is strong that people in Tampa ... want to elect somebody who's going to be a problem solver. Somebody who is going to compromise, somebody who is going to put solutions ahead of ideology."

Of course, the big city Young represents in Washington is St. Petersburg, not Tampa.

Young soundly defeated attorney Jessica Ehrlich last fall, but some Democrats took solace in that it was actually the second closest margin of victory for the 82-year-old Republican since being elected in 1970, for whatever that's worth. Young took 57.6 percent of the vote and Ehrlich took 42.4 percent. She has already announced her intention to challenge him again in 2014.