Over on the homepage, I take a look at the DCCC’s list of reserved advertising for this cycle.

One GOP consultant looked over the list and chuckled that the DCCC expects to spend $3.5 million in the Chicago media market, almost $3 million in the Philadelphia market, and $2.1 million in the Portland (Ore.) market. Needless to say, these are all traditional Democratic strongholds. Of course, most of the advertising is aimed at more competitive House districts in the suburbs of those cities, but the Republican consultant notes that these are all areas where an appearance by President Obama would normally be a great, and perhaps sufficient, advantage for an endangered Democrat. “If that’s really the case, they’re going to spend a fortune in places they shouldn’t have to,” he says.

The list: