Bulloch: “If Democrats are going to get elected . . . they’ve got to stake out the middle position, which is what traditional Southern Democrats did."

Today's New York Times, in an article entitled "Seats in Danger, Democrats Proclaim Their Conservatism," features the John Barrow vs. Max Burns and Jim Marshall vs. Mac Collins races. A sampling:

Charles S. Bullock, a professor of political science at the University of Georgia, said, “It’s a bit of a return to yesterday.”

Republicans at the beginning of the summer said they believed that they could take 10 Democratic seats. Now they say four.

Two of those four seats are here in Georgia, a predominantly Republican state where redistricting has left two Democratic incumbents, [Representatuve John] Barrow and Representative Jim Marshall, unfamiliar to a big chunk of their new constituents.

“If Democrats are going to get elected in this district, they’ve got to stake out the middle position, which is what traditional Southern Democrats did,” Mr. Bullock said. “And when they did, they held the South.”