Posted on 11/05/2009 5:59:24 AM PST by Shellybenoit
Generally, from the time that they are elected, members of Congress turn their attention to the most pressing issues of their districts that, of course, is getting re-elected. Usually that means district earmarks, having their staffs listen to the concerns of their constituents and following up with pre-written issue pieces that have very little to do with their concerns.
This year, especially for those blue dogs in red states, funny things happened to disrupt their usual agenda; tax day tea parties, summer town halls, and a 9/12 rally in Washington. Perhaps the biggest thing to open the eyes of the red state dogs was Election Day, while there were many lessons coming out of this week's elections, the most hard hitting for those congressmen was that the anger came through in the voting booth. Candidates of both parties were vulnerable because of the "get rid of them all" attitude sweeping America. Just ask Mike Bloomberg, the popular mayor of NYC, who spent 100 million of his own dollars in his reelection bid. Bloomberg won, but by a much smaller margin than expected, because voters were upset that he had his own term limit law vacated so he could run again.
Tuesday may have been the straw that broke the camel's back because right now in congress, Nancy Pelosi may be pushing health care, but blue dog Democrats are worrying about Jobs---their own.
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It won't be different next year, considering a big chunk of stimulus money is still available.
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