caucus for centrist to conservative members of the Democratic Party
Tanner Nau writes for the Washington Free Beacon about an interesting admission from one Democratic congressman. Democratic Rep. Jared Golden (Maine) predicts Donald Trump will win in November, writing in…
Peter Hasson of the Daily Caller details recent efforts among U.S. House Democrats to distance themselves from their leader. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s leadership issues don’t appear to be…
Before he became the Republican Party’s superstar, Ronald Reagan was a New Deal Democrat. In explaining his change in party affiliation, Reagan famously said that he hadn’t left the Democratic…
Veteran electoral number cruncher Michael Barone explores in a column this week the impact of recent events on the Democrats’ electoral coalition. Barack Obama’s Democratic party is a top-and-bottom coalition,…
Outgoing Democratic Rep. Brad Miller of the 13th district is commenting to slate.com about his time in Congress, the influence of Tea Party Republicans, and the conservative Blue Dogs in…
From Roll Call comes this analysis of the Blue Dogs, who find themselves increasingly out of step with a Democratic Party that has lurched to the far left. The House…
Politico has a good overview of the plight of centrist Blue Dog Democrats, including North Carolina’s Mike McIntyre of the 7th Congressional District: Two years after the 2010 midterm elections…
GOP hopefuls in the 9th Congressional District struggle to pick up TV ad buys (WSOC-TV) Blue Dog Democrats endorse Hayden Rogers, Heath Shuler’s former chief of staff, in the 11th…
Americans Elect, a nonprofit group, is trying to get a third-party option on North Carolina’s presidential ballot (WRAL-TV) Republican Chris Carney is sworn in as the new District 41 senator…
Cecil Bothwell is running for Congress, seeking to unseat Blue Dog Democrat Heath Shuler. Listing planks of a candidate’s platform might be construed to be a violation of some sense…
I guess when you’re a Blue Dog with lots of Tea Party folks and Republicans in your district, you have to vote against stupid Democratic job-killing moves like this: With…
It sounds like North Carolina Blue Dog Democrat Heath Shuler’s kids were named by Barbara Seagull (nee Hershey) or Frank Zappa, not a “conservative” Democrat from the N.C. mountains: “My…