who was it that said that if Democrats are going to act like Republicans, why not vote for the real thing?
from SLATE: >Blue Dog Democrats May Be Kicked Out of House > More than half of Blue Dog Democrats are in danger of losing their seats in > next week's election, reports the Wall Street Journal. Of the 48 House Blue > Dogs seeking re-election, 39 are locked in tough battles, and 22 of those are > neck and neck with their opponents, according to the Cook Political Report. > Among the imperiled Dogs: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin of South Dakota, a > coalition co-chair who trails her opponent 47 percent to 43 percent, and Rep. > Baron Hill of Indiana, another Blue Dog leader in a dead heat with his > Republican rival. It's not surprising that the Blue Dog coalition may suffer > savage losses this election—they're competing for voters whose conservative > inclinations are apt to push them to the right. "This is going to be a very > tough election for the Blue Dogs, because many of them had success in > districts where Democrats are always an endangered species," said Jim > Kessler, a policy expert at moderate Democratic think tank Third Way. "If > they lose, some of them may come back in a future wave election, but those > are never safe seats." The potential departure of numerous Blue Dogs may > leave the political center in Congress a no man's land, with polarized > Democrats and Republicans digging in for trench warfare after the election. > Read original story in The Wall Street Journal | Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 < -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
