How did blue dogs and conservative Democrats do in the election?

[yurbud]

I ask because I was listening to an episode of THIS AMERICAN LIFE, and Ira Glass said in passing that the moderates from BOTH parties were being squeezed out.

I wanted to write him about it, but I wanted to check first.

I don't agree with conservative Democrats or think there's any particular virtue in having people in the party who don't support what most consider core principles, but I get annoyed with the false symmetry.

It's like saying the chess team and the football team have equal numbers of bullies.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. In the senate the Blue Dogs are down to 7

[bluestate10]

2. We will need bluedogs this session. The issues require less courage this time around, but are

important.

[yurbud]

4. usually when we need blue dogs the most, they lick the hand of the burglar

[sweetloukillbot]

3. Two of the newly elected in AZ are blue-dogs - or at least are moderate-conservative

Kirkpatrick and Barber. Kirkpatrick was a blue-dog before getting voted out in 2010, and Barber has expressed his more moderate views and replaced blue-dog Gabbie.

[yurbud]

5. moderate on cultural issues or regulatory, privatization, etc?