How does the National Republican Campaign Committee sum up the slate of Democratic challengers around New York?

Pfft.

National Republicans say they are not impressed with the winners of yesterday’s Democratic primaries in New York, with Executive Director Guy Harrison telling reporters on a conference call this afternoon that many of them are “B and C local candidates.”

Both parties are turning their attention to New York’s Congressional districts and while our state is not anywhere near being a presidential battleground, it could determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the House.

To that end, Harrison said he expects bold-faced GOP names to campaign and fundraise in New York frequently.

“I anticipate you will see a host of good surrogates going through there,” Harrison said on the call, noting that it is difficult to get high-profile surrogates to deep blue states like New York or California, which are not in play nationally. “John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Pete Sessions will be going through New York on a regular basis.”

Boehner is already on tap to headline a fundraiser for Rep. Nan Hayworth, a Hudson Valley freshman who is also a top target of the DCCC, a move that her opponent, Sean Patrick Maloney thought seemed like an early sign of desperation.

Harrsion made sure to note the connection of Maloney to the so-called “Troopergate” scandal, calling him a “Spitzer croney.”

Harrison also said he the party was keen on following the race between Rye town supervisor and longtime Democratic Rep. Nita Lowey race in Westchester County.

And he called the race between Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and Rep. Louise Slaughter “a battle until the end.”

Still, it’s a Democratic state in a year that a Democratic president is at the top of the ticket, a fact that DCCC points out again and again. that will likely drive out voter turnout, even if the enthusiasm factor for Barack Obama isn’t as big this year as it was in 2008, the last time Democrats were swept into office.

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