RE: Howard Dean

[longship]

9. You possibly don't get it

Each blue dog caucuses with the Dems. Each blue dog gives Dems one more seat towards a majority and consequently the right to form committees and select committee chairs, to have the right to decide what bills get to the floor for votes.

But go ahead and stop supporting blue dogs because they don't adhere to your specific version of political purity. Then, you will be no better than the lunatics in the the Republican party. This is precisely what separated Dems from the dispicible Repukes. And frankly, it's our sole chance this year.

The Repukes want to divide us. I'll take all the blue dogs if it means we have majorities on both sides of the capital.

Don't you understand that the alternative to a blue dog is probably one from the party-not-named, a guy like Rep. West of FL?

You choose.