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  • Democrats' New Worry: Their Own Rich Voters [The Limousine Liberals That Helped 0 Amass $900m]

    07/19/2009 9:22:11 PM PDT · by Steelfish · 50 replies · 3,137+ views
    Wall St. Journal ^ | July 19th 2009
    JULY 20, 2009 Democrats' New Worry: Their Own Rich Voters JONATHAN WEISMAN A group of Democrats elected in recent years from some of the country's richest congressional districts have emerged as a stumbling block to raising taxes on the wealthy to pay for President Barack Obama's ambitious health-care overhaul just as the plan has begun to meet increasing resistance over its cost. Friday, two freshmen representatives -- Dina Titus, from suburban Las Vegas, and Colorado's Jared Polis, representing Boulder, Vail and some of the tonier suburbs of Denver -- joined Republicans to vote against Mr. Obama's top-priority health-care overhaul when...