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Mrs. Pelosi's dogs: Blue Dogs, that is--and they are part of her formidable majority.(POLITICS)(Nancy Pelosi)
RIGHT after the elections last November, we heard a lot about the new breed of conservative Democrats who had helped their party to gain control of Congress. Three of the most frequently mentioned new congressmen were Heath Shuler of North Carolina and Brad Ellsworth and Joe Donnelly of Indiana. All three were pro-life, pro-gun Democrats who beat Republican incumbents.
Both parties had an interest in talking about these men. For the Republicans, it helped to minimize their defeat. The Democrats, they could say, had won only by running Republican-lite candidates. The Democrats, meanwhile, could use the same congressmen to minimize their liberalism. Talking about a ...
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