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I've been thinking and saying this the past few days in posts in threads, and now after seeing Leiberman actually lose, I REALLY want other FReeper input. I strongly believe that it HAS to be assumed that there are at least a couple hundred thousand life time Democrats who are active voters every two years but not liberal ideologically. And it stands to reason that they live in the more moderate Congressional districts that have tight House races every two years, because voters like that are why moderate swing districts are moderate swing districts. And what makes those couple hundred...

WASHINGTON – Now that San Francisco Democrat Nancy Pelosi has been elected House minority leader, she has moved swiftly to try to head off any conservative Democrat defections to the GOP. NewsMax has pinpointed the logical contenders if any switch to the Republicans result from Pelosi’s far-left leadership. Pelosi promised to reach out to party conservatives and moderates. In an obvious gesture in that direction, she immediately chose as her assistant leader Rep. John Spratt of South Carolina. Based on his voting record, the American Conservative Union gives Congressman Spratt a lifetime favorable rating of a paltry 27 percent. That...