From boston.com:

“It looks like a double win for the Republicans in the 2010 elections,’’ said Jeffrey M. Berry, a political science professor at Tufts University. “They’ll not only gain seats this time, but they’ll plant the seeds for gaining seats in 2012.’’

It is difficult to gauge how much more the Republicans will pump into legislative and gubernatorial races because the effort is spread throughout the country and is still in the early stages. But an example of the aggressive nature of the GOP strategy can be seen at the Republican State Leadership Committee. That group is running a project called REDSTATE, which has allocated $40 million aimed at winning state legislative races. That is nearly twice as much as the $22 million that the group spent in the last election cycle.

“This is a wave election year,’’ predicted Ed Gillespie, who heads the Republican State Leadership Committee.

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