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2010 Midterm Results Discussion

Arkansas Democrats face extinction - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com

another dog departs, mike ross retires in arkansas

he was the last remnant of the state party which produced fulbright, dale bumpers, the clintons

reds took the senate seat from ms lincoln, a pair of house seats (vic snyder and marion berry) that had been blue practically since old hickory andrew jackson, 7 seats in the state's upper house, 14 in the lower...

arkansas makes good case study

RealClearPolitics - Imperiled Blue Dogs: Moderates Face Tough Odds in Polarized Times

there aren't many blue states left

west virginia shares many demographic similarities with the razorbacks, watch west virginia

fyi

I'm not sure how much it really matters if blue dog democrats become republicans. They more or less vote the same way. Meanwhile, we're seeing some hardcore republican districts turning blue for the first time in decades. In at least one case it was the first time in over a century.

I think the current level of disgust is very high which should have the effect of erasing some of the republicans 2010 gains the next time around.
 
I'm not sure how much it really matters if blue dog democrats become republicans. They more or less vote the same way.

obamacare would not be law without the 29 votes in assent from the once mighty blue dog caucus

baca, bishop, boswell, cardoza, cooper, costa, cuellar, donnelly, giffords, michaud, sanchez, schiff, schrader, scott, thompson, berry, ellsworth, moore, arcuri, bean, carney, dahlkemper, hill, mitchell, murphy, pomeroy, salazar, space, wilson
 
obamacare would not be law without the 29 votes in assent from the once mighty blue dog caucus

baca, bishop, boswell, cardoza, cooper, costa, cuellar, donnelly, giffords, michaud, sanchez, schiff, schrader, scott, thompson, berry, ellsworth, moore, arcuri, bean, carney, dahlkemper, hill, mitchell, murphy, pomeroy, salazar, space, wilson

That's a fair point, but as I said, I think the loss in the South will be more than offset by gains elsewhere going forward.
 
That's a fair point

ya think?

LOL!

I think the loss in the South will be more than offset by gains elsewhere going forward

share it with someone who values your opinion

on nov 2, 2010, republican representation in the united states house increased in the NORTHEAST from 11% (8 of the 73 house seats) to 26% (19 seats)

in the RUST belt, reds expanded from holding 44% of the districts to controlling 68% of them today (from 39 of the 89 seats to 61 of em)

in the SOUTH, knuckle draggers grew from 59 to 74% representation

in the MIDWEST, 56% of the congressmen and women were gop, now 75%

in the ROCKIES, 50% to 71%

in the WEST, 34 to 40%

republicans picked up 6 net seats in new york, 5 each in ohio and pennsylvania, 4 in illinois and florida, 3 in virginia and tennessee and texas, 2 in indiana and wisconsin and michigan and new hampshire and arkansas and mississippi and the dakotas and colorado and arizona...

republicans seized control of lower legislatures in colorado, indiana, iowa, michigan, montana, ohio, oregon, pennsylvania, republicans stole from democrats the upper house in new york, and republicans gained brand new control of BOTH houses in alabama, maine, minnesota, new hampshire, north carolina and wisconsin

the gubships of iowa, wisconsin, michigan, ohio, pennsylvania, tennessee, maine, new mexico, wyoming, kansas and oklahoma

senate seats from pennsylvania, wisconsin, illinois, arkansas, indiana and north dakota

tsunami tuesday had almost nothing to do with the south
 
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