Updated: Evan Bayh's coalition members.

[ProSense]

Bayh refuses to name anonymous members of his new Blue-Dog style coalition.

This morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) officially announced the creation of his new Blue-Dog style coalition of approximately 15 “moderate” Democratic senators. As Roll Call explained last week, members of the group “acknowledge that they are seeking to restrain the influence of party liberals.” During his announcement, host Joe Scarborough asked Bayh who is in the new coalition. Bayh said that while a press release on the group’s creation included the names of 12 senators, there are “three or four” who don’t want to be identified:

SCARBOROUGH: This is great! Can you tell us who’s in it?

BAYH: Well there are about 12 of us on the press release and then there are three or four who we are putting in the witness protection program, who attend our meetings but don’t want to be publicly identified yet.

Watch it:

(http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/18/bayh-witness-protection/">Bayh: I'm not telling you who's in my new Blue-dog style coalition.)

Explaining the likely rational for senators not wanting to be publicly associated with Bayh’s new group, Matt Yglesias writes, “After all, Barack Obama is popular! And his agenda is popular! So if you choose to oppose it, you might face political problems. So better to keep the sabotage secret.”

List:

"Leading the new group are Democratic Sens. Evan Bayh of Indiana, Tom Carper of Delaware and Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas... (O)thers joining the group are Sens. Michael Bennet of Colorado, Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of North Carolina, Herb Kohl of Wisconsin, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, Bill Nelson of Florida, Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, Mark Udall of Colorado, and Mark Warner of Virginia."

[TacticalPeek]

1. And yet they achieve a consistent annual ROI of over 12% tax-free!

No wonder he keeps the secret.

[BeyondGeography]

2. We don't care about the names, we just want our money back

[billyoc]

3. SCARBOROUGH: This is great!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. Thanks!

I am off to find contact info for all the fucks listed.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. "Claire McCaskill of Missouri"

Disappointing.

[PBS Poll-435]

10. I am not surprised in the least that she has joined that group.

[kctim]

33. She has to...

IF she expects to keep her seat.

[EFerrari]

6. So this is were failed VP candidates went?

:)

[cali]

7. So five of the fifteen are new Senators

and Mark Udall? Damn.

[rvablue]

8. Surprise, surprise....Traitorman's on the list. And so is my Senator, whom I will be calling this

afternoon!

edited to add: Am I wrong. I thought Shaheen was an early Obama supporter?? WTH?

[karynnj]

22. I think Shaheen was a big Hillary supporter - I know her husband was

because he got in trouble for comments against Obama. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22252546/

[Mass]

25. Not her, but McCaskill was. However, I am not surprised to find her here.

[PBS Poll-435]

9. Look at all of our new Senators in that group.

Everyone that was elected in 2008 besides Udall-NM and Merkley-OR is on that list. (Except Franken. He hasn't been seated yet)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

15. Udall is on there.

[PBS Poll-435]

19. Two Udalls were elected in 2008

Mark Udall of Colorado

And...

Tom Udall of New Mexico


They are first cousins.



Mark is also the Senior US Senator from Colorado even though he has only been in office for <3 months!

Mark is also double second cousins of former Senator Smith from Oregon. (Lost to Jeff Merkley in '08)

[SemiCharmedQuark]

20. Boy is my face red !

:blush:

Thanks for the info :)

[LynneSin]

11. OMG - no Tom Carper of Delaware

:wow:

That I'm shocked over or perhaps he doesn't want to piss of Joe Biden. Delaware has a direct line into Barack Obama, don't want to mess with that.

[depakid]

29. He's been a consistent Republican enabling DINO for his entrie tenure

[flpoljunkie]

30. Carper is number two on the list.

[LynneSin]

34. Oh you're right - I looked at the list of the members

Figures

:grr:

And thing is he'll just make Ted Kauffman look like the better senator since Ted will get things done for Delaware. Ted was Joe's former Chief-of-Staff and now his replacement. You know Ted won't dick over the Veep

[Aloha Spirit]

12. A bunch of those first termers were elected with Obama's help. This is getting exciting...

what will Obama do?
How much will they distance themselves from Obama?
Are they doing this because they are new Senators with zero at risk?

[iamthebandfanman]

28. maybe progressives should learn from this

choosing people because they can get elected isnt the route to go when looking for someone to represent you.

electing conservative democrats over republican conservatives is kinda self defeating...


but thats the price you pay for wanting the majority...

now that we have the majority, its time to start cleaning house.... completely.

[Justice]

13. So Bayh is going to use the new Senators to gain more clout, great

just great.

[karynnj]

23. Well look how well being the Democrat leading their half of the gang of 14 did for Lieberman

[zulchzulu]

14. Notice the Blue Dogs up for relection in 2010

Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas
Barbara Boxer of California
Michael Bennet of Colorado
Christopher Dodd of Connecticut
Daniel Inouye of Hawaii
Roland Burris of Illinois
Evan Bayh of Indiana
Barbara Mikulski of Maryland
Harry Reid of Nevada
Kirsten Gillibrand of New York
Chuck Schumer of New York
Byron Dorgan of North Dakota
Ron Wyden of Oregon
Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Patty Murray of Washington
Russ Feingold of Wisconsin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,_2010

[ProSense]

16. Evan Bayh of Indiana

Looks like Bayh is using this group to brandish his influence to make himself look indespensible.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

17. In other words, the coalition of

Democrats whose main concern is not offending corporate contributors

[Hell Hath No Fury]

18. And how to conact them --

This is from a more compreshensive list of members from another thread:

Tom Carper of Delaware
Washington, D.C.
United States Senate
513 Hart Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.
355 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
[phone]
Fax [phone]

Michael Bennet of Colorado,
431 Dirksen Senate Office Building,
Washington
DC 20510-4403
Phone: [phone]


Mark Begich of Alaska,
825C HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
Washington DC, 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Herb Kohl of Wisconsin,
Washington Office
330 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
[phone]
Fax: [phone]


Mary Landrieu of Louisiana,
Washington, DC328 Hart Senate Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510 Voice: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Claire McCaskill of Missouri,
Office of Senator Claire McCaskill
United States Senate
Hart Senate Office Building, SH-717
Washington, D.C. 20510
[phone]
FAX [phone]

Ben Nelson of Nebraska,
Washington, D.C.
720 Hart Senate Office Building
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Bill Nelson of Florida,
Washington, D.C.
United States Senate
716 Senate Hart Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire,
Washington, DC
55 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]

Mark Udall of Colorado,
Washington, D.C. Office
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Suite SD-B40E
Washington, D.C. 20510
P: 202-224-5941
F: 202-224-6471

Mark Warner of Virginia
B40C Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]


I am stil tracking down a few more contacts.

[Captain Hilts]

21. Dems have scored two consecutive big victories over R's so they decide to be more like Republicans??

[October]

24. Omg they're so hateful!

This is disgusting!

[camera obscura]

26. We already know Bayh and Warner have presidential ambitions. Wonder how many others do too.

I'm guessing for some of these guys, it's all about raising their profiles.

[iamthebandfanman]

27. if we make sure any of them go down, it must at least be Bayh.

efforts should be focused on their so called 'leader' , to be made an example of... maybe the rest will voluntarily back down.

[bullwinkle428]

31. So I guess he's not on board with Obama's concept of transparency?

Kiss my ass, Bayh!

[RepublicanElephant]

32. with dems/friends like these, who needs repubs/enemies? nt