Democrats FUND OWN House Defectors While IGNORING Loyalists

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:wtf:


Politics Trumps Loyalty In Democratic House Effort

Getting to 218: Democrats turning on some loyalists, aiding defectors in fight to keep House



Grasping to keep control of Congress, Democratic leaders are turning their backs on some of their staunchest supporters in the House and propping up stronger candidates who have routinely defied them on health care, climate change and other major issues.


Raw politics — the drive to win a House-majority 218 seats, no matter how — is increasingly trumping policy and loyalty in these decisions, as Democrats shift money and attention in the closing days of the campaign toward races they can win and pull back from those seemingly lost.


The Democrats are shelling out $40 million in 59 congressional districts in the last three weeks of the campaign for TV advertising. Republicans, boosted by well-funded outside groups, are working to expand the political battleground by pouring money into 82 races next week alone.


Feelings are being hurt along the way.


In a fundraising video in Ohio this week, Rep. Steve Driehaus lashed out at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee for "walking away" from his race after he "had the guts" to cast tough votes for key measures.


The House campaign arm has in recent days canceled millions of dollars worth of advertising it had planned for Driehaus and other endangered Democrats including his fellow Ohioan Mary Jo Kilroy, Suzanne Kosmas in Florida, Betsy Markey in Colorado and Steve Kagen in Wisconsin. All of them voted for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and for legislation to curb carbon emissions — only to be savaged by Republicans on the campaign trail for doing so.


The list of Democratic candidates being lavished with national party help in the final days of the race includes many of the defectors on those marquee votes: Reps. Michael Arcuri in New York, Bobby Bright in Alabama, Travis Childers in Mississippi, Larry Kissell in North Carolina, Jim Marshall in Georgia and Glenn Nye in Virginia, among others.

Bright and Marshall have even said they wouldn't vote to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in her post. National Democrats are also spending freely to defend Rep. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, who opposed the climate bill and has run TV ads calling it "Nancy Pelosi's energy tax."


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<http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/dems-fund-defectors-ignore-loyalists/>


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[notesdev]

1. Get under that bus!

Didn't they get the memo? All the loyalists belong under the bus.

[villager]

2. They have no over-arching ideology, nothing they believe in as a whole, so why not?

It's a numbers game, to haul in largesse from lobbyists, etc...

[Segami]

5. Sure, lets continue stocking this party with DINOS.

[defendandprotect]

14. Obviously, they're the ones with control over the $$ distribution ....

[thunder rising]

6. But they need our votes ... it sucks. What hurts worse is Obama is the ring leader.

[northoftheborder]

3. This is exactly why I never give a dime to any of these.....

......national Dem. organizations.

[LonePirate]

4. We reap what we sow. Sayonara to any hope of accomplishments during 2011 - 2013

[thunder rising]

7. Agreed! If Dems keep majorities it will be a mandate to do nothing. 2 year vacation.

[msongs]

8. Obama's already talking bout "reaching out" to repubs - he wants that snake to bite him again lol n

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9. Un-rec. Trolls out in force trying to pound this story.

[DCKit]

10. Come back to the 5&10 Howard Dean. n/t

[Scuba]

11. Save it for right after the election. Then work...

...to change the party. We can take a lesson from the Tea Party.

[Autumn]

12. So we work and vote to get decent Democrats in and the

Democratic leaders toss them to the side. Doesn't make a lot of sense does it?

[xchrom]

13. Recommend

[Odin2005]

15. All the fucking cheerleaders and hypocrites.

:grr:

[Mimosa]

16. Corporate donations are supporting the right leaning Dems.

Oy vey. :(

Excerpt:

The House campaign arm has in recent days canceled millions of dollars worth of advertising it had planned for Driehaus and other endangered Democrats including his fellow Ohioan Mary Jo Kilroy, Suzanne Kosmas in Florida, Betsy Markey in Colorado and Steve Kagen in Wisconsin. All of them voted for President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and for legislation to curb carbon emissions — only to be savaged by Republicans on the campaign trail for doing so.

The list of Democratic candidates being lavished with national party help in the final days of the race includes many of the defectors on those marquee votes: Reps. Michael Arcuri in New York, Bobby Bright in Alabama, Travis Childers in Mississippi, Larry Kissell in North Carolina, Jim Marshall in Georgia and Glenn Nye in Virginia, among others.

Bright and Marshall have even said they wouldn't vote to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in her post. National Democrats are also spending freely to defend Rep. Joe Donnelly of Indiana, who opposed the climate bill and has run TV ads calling it "Nancy Pelosi's energy tax."

The situation is similar for Rep. Frank Kratovil in Maryland, Zack Space in Ohio and Stephanie Herseth Sandlin in South Dakota, all of whom voted "no" on the health care law and are receiving TV ad dollars from the Democrats' campaign committee in the critical final days.

[MisterP]

17. the goal is to promote conservative Dems and move the party further right

hence Obama's opposition to more popular--but more librul--candidates in CT, PA, AR, and CO

all the talk of "con Dems are more electable" or "vote con Dem or there'll be no hope of liberal programs in the next 2 years" is sheerest garbage, only made the more false for its hypocrisy

[hfojvt]

18. that's pretty sad

logically though, they spend limited money in the places where they have the best chance of winning.

It's kinda crazy though to give somebody money to help spread Republican talking points. Unfortunately though, lots of Democratic candidates do that.

[dgibby]

19. It would appear that the conservative coup is moving along nicely.

I have believed for a long time now that the same radical religious conservative right has been infiltrating the Democratic party for years. It's no different than how they co-opted the GOP, only it was a stealth operation. This is "No Country for Old Liberals" anymore.

[laughingliberal]

20. DCCC to House Progressives: "So long, Suckers!" nt

[Poll_Blind]

21. This election cycle is the night of the long knives for them. Afterward the "new" party...

...will come into play, having been stuffed with the like-minded.

"No question now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which."

I guess I should be outraged but this has been telegraphed so long I just feel sad.

PB

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. They fund the Blue Dogs and DLC then blame the left for the "lack of enthusiasm".

But, they can blame the Left for their losses..as usual.