Defending Blue Dogs (not me--the folks like Rahm)
Submitted by mbrock49 on Fri, 10/08/2010 - 5:27pm
Posting from LA Progressive by Paul Hogarth. Reviewing last Saturday's article in the NY Times.
Democrats did not win back Congress because Rahm recruited more Blue Dogs. As I wrote in 2006, only about five of the 30 House seats that Democrats gained that year could be from “conservatives” – the rest were progressive Democrats like Carol Shea-Porter and John Hall, real team players who took the risk of standing up for liberal values in swing districts. And those – not Bobby Bright – are the ones who deserve to be helped today.
Like Secretary of State Elaine Marshall for instance?
PS: Note to readers: I am not defendng Blue Dogs, the Dems are
Perhaps I should be more explicit in my subject lines. I really like to LA Progressive, by the way.
Martha Brock