Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Liberals to Blue Dogs: Heel!
Liberal groups today announced a campaign pressuring moderate congressional Democrats to support President Obama's policy agenda.
The heads of Campaign for America's Future and USAction argued on a press call this morning that moderate Blue Dogs in the House and a moderate Senate group led by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., are listening too much to business lobbyists.
"It's important they hear from their constituents, not just their contributors," Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage said.
William McNary, president of USAction, said the group's members will urge lawmakers to "stand up to the special interests."
Conservative and moderate Democrats argue they are representing their moderate and conservative states and districts in pushing for changes to Obama's proposals, but the effort shows Democrats in the middle will be taking fire from both sides in the coming years.
--Brian Friel
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Karen St. John
I am so happy to read of legislators finally going after the Bayh-led group. Bayh is just gearing up to stop any health care reform (his wife sits on more than one health care board). He shows that he is going against the citizens not only in his home state (Indiana) but the nation, to side with corporations and go against those in his state and this country who are suffering with this economic crisis (nothing he would know anything about). Where has he been these last six months?? This is a time of cooperation, not confrontation. He could have spoken privately of his concerns with the President. Not only has he lost his grip in politics, he's losing his graciousness as well.