Comments on: Health Care Debate Makes Life Hard for Black ‘Blue Dogs’ in Georgia

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:42:06 +0000

Oh I'm sure they do, but what can the special interest congressional black caucus do but support a more progressive democratic candidate? If they do and win the primary, they likely kill their chance to win the general election in these Republican leaning districts. I think they are less likely to do that than the voters are to forgive the Blue Dogs if they fold to the liberals.

Still comes down to partisan support of their party/congressional black caucus or re-election.

By: Gegenschattenbild

Gegenschattenbild — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:27:28 +0000

Leonidas, you act as if special interest groups have no influence over the opinions of the folks who vote, or for that matter, vice-versa.

By: Leonidas

Leonidas — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:46:13 +0000

Well Joe Liebermann faced a similar difficulty, he stood by his guns lost the democratic primary, and then got re-elected by the voters in his district. These blue dogs will likely find themselves in a similar situation, they can please the folks who vote for them, or they can please a special interest group in Congress.

By: DLS

DLS — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:39:56 +0000

Enjoy the show not only in Atlanta, but outside it, Joe (and T-Steel).

The Blue Dogs are a more grown-up bunch, but they face a real test of partisanship and “loyalty” as well as the ideological challenge. The Baucus bill has fizzled and there's now probably going to be more, not less, pressure to move eventual legislation farther left than pre-Baucus.

Perhaps it's time not only for Obama but for other Dems to exploit the “campaign” phenemonon and try to put a more “centrist,” “safe and sane” “We are not radical” face on the effort (even though it is going to be a likely leftward move, preserving some kind of public option or “co-opting” [!] the co-ops to become the “stealth public option” — make it a state or federal _government_ co-op system).

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