The history of the blue dog Democrat coalition is fascinating. They grew to ~50 seats circa 2006 (big anti-Bush Dem midterm win). Dems as a whole would take a hammering in 2010, but blue dogs particularly suffered. They’re currently down to 18 members. No party for white men.
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This is also fascinating: believe it or not, Gillibrand is a former blue dog. She was appointed to fill Hillary’s NY Senate seat when Obama tapped Hill for SoS. So what did Gillibrand do? What any deebly conservative blue dog would do: got on the phone w/ the gay lobby of course.pic.twitter.com/rQCAKuekc0
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