Campaigns & Elections says that if you’re not planning for 2010 you’re already behind.

In the next 729 days, Congressional candidates will spend some $1 billion combined on TV, radio, mail, newspaper advertising, mobile and internet technology and ground organizing.

It is clear from my point of view that the smartest consultants are already plotting. They are meeting with and in some cases recruiting potential candidates and independent expenditure donors. The race has already begun.