Writing about bumper stickers for progressives
As a Blue Dog, working with Republicans to block Democratic legislation, Jim Matheson has gained the strong opposition of his district’s progressive candidates. Progressive challenger Claudia Wright has stepped into the gap left by Matheson’s rightward run.
Charlie Melancon figures he can take Democratic votes for granted, and take a big chunk of Republican votes too. Will you let him get away with it?
Those Blue Dogs are Democrats, but they vote with the Republicans, wrecking Democratic Party attempts to to pass progressive legislation on issues like health care and climate change, over and over again.
Sanford Bishop consistently votes against the progressive values of his constituents, and in favor of the interests of corporate polluters. The Democrats of Georgia’s 2nd district deserve better.
Today, Representative Griffith announced that he’s switching political party constituencies from Democrat to Republican. Don’t expect to see a change in Griffith’s voting record, though. Griffith was already voting like he was a Republican.
A Blue Dog Democrat is nothing more than a GOP elephant trying to make an ass out of itself.
Mike Arcuri voted to stall Democratic health care legislation earlier this year – which made the Republican opposition to the bill possible. Representative Arcuri also voted against the House bill to deal with climate change.
Mainstream progressive Democrats are nearing an open revolt against their own party’s leadership, demanding that the Blue Dogs’ destructive activities finally be brought under control.
Jim Costa himself has earned a progressive rating of just 19 out of a possible 100 for the 111th Congress.
In 2010, the rallying cry for progressives is: Blue dogs belong on children’s TV, not in our Congress.
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