Thread: Blue Dog Democrats

Originally Posted by AmyCarter

Well, we need to pressure these guys then:

Mike Arcuri (New York)/NumbersUSA recent immigration grade: B-
John Barrow (Georgia)/B+
Melissa Bean (Illinois)/C
Marion Berry (Arkansas)/B-
Dan Boren (Oklahoma)/B
Allen Boyd (Florida)/C
Ben Chandler (Kentucky)/B
Bud Cramer (Alabama)/B (career C+)
Lincoln Davis (Tennessee)/B+ (career B)
Joe Donnelly (Indiana)/A-
Brad Ellsworth (Indiana)/A-
Kirsten Gillibrand (New York)/B-
Bart Gordon (Tennessee)/B (career C)
Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (South Dakota)/C+ (career C)
Baron Hill (Indiana)/B- (career D+)
Tim Holden (Pennsylvania)/B (career C+)
Nick Lampson (Texas)/A- (career C-)
Tim Mahoney (Florida)/C
Jim Marshall (Georgia)/A-
Jim Matheson (Utah)/B (career C+)
Mike McIntyre (North Carolina)/A- (career B)
Charlie Melancon (Louisiana)/B-
Dennis Moore (Kansas)/C
Patrick Murphy (Pennsylvania)/B
Collin Peterson (Minnesota)/B
Mike Ross (Arkansas)/C+
David Scott (Georgia)/C
Heath Shuler (North Carolina)/A-
Zack Space (Ohio)/B
John Tanner (Tennessee)/B+
Gene Taylor (Mississippi)/A-

Are these the co-sponsors who haven't signed the Discharge Petition? Are these both Democrats and Republicans?

Originally Posted by gofer

We hear about conservatives losing seats to dems, but if you look closer, it's blue dogs winning, not the liberals!

I have made that point - moderate Republicans do not win elections. Even Bush ran on a very conservative platform....he just reneged on the deal after he was in office.

Bush I was pretty moderate, but he was able to ride Reagan's wave into office. He raised taxes and bam! He was out...he lost to a Blue Dog Democrat.