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Don't be too sure about the blue dogs being a mirage. It would seem a goodly number of them voted Hoyer instead of Murtha.

In that case, the Blue Dogs backed an anti-War liberal in Hoyer.

Murtha has a lifetime ACU rating of about 33, compared to Hoyer at 8. Murtha was far more conservative than Hoyer.

Just for reference Lieberman is a 17 lifetime. Chafee is a 37.

Lifetime, Hillary is a 9, Feinstein an 11, Cynthia McKinney a 7.

The liberal Hoyer was the winner, I doubt if Pelosi is too bummed out. I'm not saying Murtha would be a better choice, but Hoyer is far left.