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Kurt_and_Hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-18-10 10:15 AM
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1. This was always going to be the case for straightforward reasons
Edited on Wed Aug-18-10 10:21 AM by Kurt_and_Hunter
There are very few blue dogs from strong liberal districts.

There are very few strong liberals from semi-conservative districts.

Swing districts are precisely the ones that swing in swing elections.

2006-2008 saw a purge of moderate republicans, taking out the entire NE except Maine.

2010 will see a purge of blue dogs.

Just as 2006-2008 moved the pug caucus to the right on average, 2010 will move the dem caucus to the left on average.

I am quite liberal but I am not going to pretend that the blue dogs are going to lose because they were not liberal enough.

They were probably going to lose either way. So they should have done the right things on the way out.
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