Blue Dogs are the Democrats'

Michael Wolraich — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:57:03 +0000

In reply to Obama Disappoints Again ... Health Care Reform Likely to Lose its Public Option

Blue Dogs are the Democrats' Devil's Pact. Republicans took power by energizing their base. The immediate consequence was a very conservative and fairly unified majority, but it has left them with an angry, powerless minority. Democrats were able to push out so many Republicans by reaching for a broader constituency, and they suceeded in getting Democratic senators from very conservative states. But the broad constituencies means less unity.

Republicans did seem to be better at herding stray senators, and I would like to see Obama adopt more forceful tactics with his own party. But let's not forget that the Clintons' hard knuckle approach to universal health care didn't work either, and I have a hard time believing that Hillary Clinton would have fared any better than Obama on the second go. The 60% support for universal health care just doesn't seem to be there. Sadly.

Good post about sad news.

David — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:32:57 +0000

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Good post about sad news. I've felt for quite a while that not being a cohesive majority is the downside of having the proverbial big tent with strong diversity. Unlike the Republicans who will march in lockstep touting the party line no matter what.

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Blue Dogs are the Democrats'

Good post about sad news.