Amateurish

This may be proof that MoveOn might not have the foggiest idea of what it's doing ...

The "first round" of 30-second ads go after Reps. Mike Ross (D-AR), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Glenn Nye (D-VA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Larry Kissell (D-NC), Heath Shuler (D-NC) and Lee Terry (D-NE).

This breakdown by Talking Points Memo shows the general political makeup of the districts from which the dissenting Democrats hail, and this New York Times chart goes even further.

Attacking Ross, Altmire, Shuler and Boucher is throwing money away. Those are solid Republican districts where a local Democratic candidate has built up a recognizable brand. Wiping them out in the primary for a more liberal candidate does nothing except hand those seats back over to Republicans. Ross, for instance, hails from a district that went for Sen. John McCain by roughly 20 percent. Taking him out in a primary is absolute insanity.

If you're going to target candidates for primary challenges, you identify the ones who are vunerable because of the political realities of the district ... like, say, Rep. John Barrow.