FreedomWorks, one of the most active conservative organizations opposing President Obama’s health care reform plan, had him on its shortlist of town hall targets heading into the August recess. On the other side of the spectrum, the congressman was pressured to back the Obama plan in ads from Organizing for America, the president’s campaign arm at the Democratic National Committee, and Health Care for America Now, the coalition of union and other liberal groups that has provided the major third-party support for the proposal.
Vitter, who weathered a very public prostitution scandal earlier in his term, is currently considered to have the edge over any potential Democratic opponent, including Melancon — who won last cycle in a district where six in 10 voters supported John McCain, a fact which may turn his former seat into a likely GOP pickup. In the first half of the year, the Democrat built up a $1.2 million warchest to take on Vitter in 2010.

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