Yes, and we need to remind every democrat in the House, especially the Blue Dogs, that Pelosi comes from an ultra-liberal district and she will sink their chances of re-election while she skates. Pelosi’s ability to bully democrat members of congress into voting for her agenda has to be diminished.
You cannot ask for more then what we are getting out of 95% of our Republican caucus — they are fighting every day to defeat this crap in the House and they have to have the Blue Dogs to send it down to defeat. When you only have a max of 12 members voting at any one time with Pelosi from the GOP, your whips have done a great job. I am hearing it will be 100% against the healthcare bill. The Republican Caucus needs our support.
Tonight they are going after the House Franking office for holding up their mailouts on the floor of the House. Last Wednesday Cong King did a great job on the floor of the House with others on Healthcare. It is time they know we are backing them 100%.
That said, we need to work those Blue Dogs because they are the ones that help put Pelosi in as Speaker and didn’t stand up then and helped her pass the first bad bills. Now they need to get on board against this healthcare bill and we need to encourage them to keep fighting or we will help take them out in Nov 2010.
You cannot take everyone out and shouldn’t. We have a lot of good Republicans standing and fighting but they need help and support. They are on the front lines for us but the mentality of everyone needs to go helped get us a lot more Dems in 2008. That has to end and we have to support the good guys that are fighting for us every second.