BIPAC adds six Dems to 2008 slate

BIPAC went bipartisan in a big way Wednesday with its latest round of endorsements, adding four incumbent Democrats and two Democratic candidates to its list for the 2008 cycle.

{mosads}The Business Industry Political Action Committee, which endorses candidates from both parties but leans toward Republicans, announced the six Democratic endorsements alongside three Republicans.

The endorsees are Reps. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.), Nick Lampson (D-Texas), Jim Marshall (D-Ga.) and Ciro Rodriguez (D-Texas), and open-seat candidates Bobby Bright in Alabama and Kurt Schrader in Oregon.

The Republicans announced Wednesday were Reps. Phil English (Pa.) and Jon Porter (Nev.) and California candidate Dean Andal, who is challenging Rep. Jerry McNerney (D).