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To: BobL
She worked with the NRA to get it right.

I doubt it. She got her majority in part by recruiting Second Amendment friendly candidates in 2006 & 2008. She had bigger fish to fry, e.g. Obamacare, Cap & Tax, etc. The lefty true believers hated working with the "Blue Dogs."

Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) went on to say, "I've been lied to. We have not had legitimate negotiations. Mr. Waxman has decided to sever discussions with the Blue Dogs who are trying to make this bill work for America."

They won't be a majority in the House until they can retake most of what seats that they lost in 2010, plus their upcoming losses from reapportionment and redistricting, maybe another 15 - 20 seats swing to the GOP. They lost about half of the "Blue Dogs," about 27 of the 50 or so, IIRC.

19 posted on 02/23/2011 10:06:15 PM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: neverdem

“I doubt it. She got her majority in part by recruiting Second Amendment friendly candidates in 2006 & 2008. “

Actually, I think she did work with NRA, or at least the key people did. Regardless - you are totally right as far as her strategy...and it was clear at the time too. The only way Dems from the South (other than cities) were going to get elected, was by supporting candidates that had legitimate conservative credentials at the local level, which she did.

However, once those local Southern conservative Democrats got to DC, they started receiving body parts in the mail (from their relatives) and they knew that they better vote with Pelosi if they wanted to see their loved ones again (in this world)...and I only exaggerate slightly here.


20 posted on 02/24/2011 3:24:56 AM PST by BobL (PLEASE READ: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2657811/posts)
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