From The Hill:

The Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC), the group chaired by former Republican National Committee head Ed Gillespie, is preparing to jump into the ongoing budget battle in Wisconsin.

With activists on both sides already starting to organize recall efforts for members of the state Senate, RSLC president Chris Jankowski told The Ballot Box the group will do “whatever it takes to protect our incumbents.”

He said the RSLC, which spent millions in 2010 to help Republicans win control of more than 20 legislative chambers across the nation, will fund efforts to defend Republican state senators who may become recall targets, and that it will go on offense — supporting efforts to recall Democrats with paid media campaigns.

Currently, as many as eight of the Democratic state senators who have fled Wisconsin in the budget standoff, could be recall targets, with a Utah-based conservative group already organizing toward that goal.

“You can expect to see some aggressive radio, TV and mail campaigns from us,” Jankowski said.

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