House Democrats are defending huge amounts of territory in this year’s midterm election. The latest Cook report says Democrats have 53 seats that rate as “Lean” or “Tossup,” while Republicans only have six. Nevertheless, today the DCCC announced its “Red to Blue” program targeting 13 Republican House seats. Roll Call‘s write up is here. The Hill‘s write up is here.

These are slim pickings for Democrats. For starters, two candidates — Bryan Lentz (PA) and Roy Herron (TN) — are running to replace retiring members of their own party. So “Red to Blue” is not really the best way to describe them. “Dear God Keep it Blue” would be better.