Blue Dog Myth
One of the excuses I hear about the Blue Dog Democrats is that they come from conservative/Republican districts and must vote accordingly. This is a myth. Here are the Blue Dogs and how their districts voted in the last election:
Scott 71-28
Baca 68-30
Schiff 68-30
Thompson 66-32
Harmen 64-34
Sanchez 60-38
Costa 60-39
Cardoza 59-39
Bean 56-43
Cooper 56-43
Cueller 56-44
Michaud 55-43
Boswell 54-44
Barrow 54-45
Murphy 54-45
Donnelly 54-45
Bishop 54-46
Arcuri 51-48
Moore 51-48
Nye 51-49
Dahlkemper 49-49
Hill 49-50
Wilson 48-50
Holden 48-51
Peterson 47-50
Salazar 47-50
Ellsworth 47-51
McIntyre 47-52
Shuler 47-52
Giffords 46-52
Space 45-52
Herseth-Sandlin 45-53
Pomeroy 45-53
Carney 45-54
Boyd 45-54
Altmire 44-55
Chandler 43-55
Tanner 43-56
Marshall 43-56
Kratovil 40-58
Matheson 39-57
Ross 39-58
Berry 38-59
Griffith 38-61
Childers 38-62
Melancon 37-61
Gordon 37-62
Minnick 36-62
Bright 36-63
Davis 34-64
Boren 34-66
Taylor 32-68
Of the 52 of them, 20 of their districts voted for Obama, 9 of them tied or came within 5 points of voting for or tying for Obama, and 23 of them went for McCain. 29 of those districts (in bold) went for or almost went for Obama, that's more than half. If these guys keep voting against their districts, I think more progressive Democrats should challenge them in the primary so we can have a real super majority.
-Albert Cirrus
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