BLUE DOG DEMOCRATS STRAIN TO SHED OBAMA LINK

Thursday, October 30, 2008 11:35 AM

By: Newsmax Staff



It may seem as if Barack Obama has his entire party mesmerized and swooning in support, but the blue dog Democrats are proving more difficult to sway.

The caucus of conservative-minded Democrats has been reluctant to cozy up to Obama, in some cases even distancing themselves from the popular presidential candidate. Scan the group's Web site, and you won’t find a single mention of their party’s presidential nominee.

During a special House election in May, for example, campaign ads linked Mississippi’s Democrat Rep. Travis Childers to Obama as well as his controversial former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Childers was forced to run a 30-second response ad decrying attacks “linking me to politicians I don't know and have never even met.â€