GOP could take bite out of Blue Dogs
Rep. Gene Taylor, a Blue Dog Democrat, promises voters in Mississippi that he will work with Republicans to repeal President Obama’s signature health care law.
In North Carolina, Rep. Heath Shuler — a Blue Dog who serves as whip for the influential centrist caucus — calls himself the “true conservative” in his tough re-election race with Republican businessman Jeff Miller. “I know you’re mad at Congress,” Mr. Shuler tells voters in one campaign ad as he leans on a pickup truck, “and so am I.”
Across the country, Blue Dog Democrats — whose 54 members represent more than one-fifth of their party’s 255-seat majority and many of the country’s most contested swing districts — find themselves squarely in the cross hairs
Washington Times
Oct. 4
Magnolia Tribune
