Airbare recently gave us an excellent summary of how New York State Congressional races are increasingly seen as pick-up opportunities for Democrats. There’s more movement in that direction today: afater the Maffei campaign announced its fundraising totals yesterday, Congressional Quarterly just moved NY-25 into the “leans Democrat” category, writing “Maffei’s fundraising advantage and exposure has led CQ Politics to change its rating on the race to Leans Democrat from No Clear Favorite.”

Update: I missed this nugget on Maffei’s opponent, Dale Sweetland, the first time through: “Rapp estimated that Sweetland had raised nearly $130,000 in the past month, but did not have a number for the campaign’s total fundraising.” If Sweetland comes in much under $250,000 for the quarter, he’s all but gone.

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1. Maffei hammers Sweetland for nondisclosure
2. How sweet it isn’t
3. Maffei releases an internal poll +18%
4. Oaks out in NY-25 - Updated with Punk Rock Lyrics
5. Still still more more on NY-25