Ronnie Shows writing for HuffPo – Go easy on Blue Dogs
Over the next several months, it seems more likely than not that the Congress is going to take up some very polarizing issues, such as trying to tackle our national debt and finding ways to modernize the nation’s energy strategy to power our homes, vehicles and industry.
As Congress addresses these difficult issues, it is likely that divisions within the Democratic Party will be exposed. How progressives and moderates handle these internal divisions will determine whether or not Democrats control Congress in 2011 and 2012. If tensions between the two groups boil over and each side views the other as the enemy, there is no doubt in my mind that many conservative Democrats — known as the Blue Dogs — will lose reelections in the House. If enough of them do, Democrats will lose control of Congress and President Obama will have a much more difficult time in the final two years of his first term.
May 6, 2010
Huffington Post
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