[lbo-talk] the DLC's analysis

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Nov 3 20:35:56 PDT 2010


On Nov 3, 2010, at 10:42 PM, Paul Bartlett wrote:


> Mr. X <from_alamut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Didn't DLC and the Blue dogs take the brunt of Dem losses last night?
>>
>> peace Jim Davis
>
>
> " In fact 94% of the rest of the Progressive Caucus also won (compared to
> only 47% of the Blue Dogs)."

I'm sure someone will, or already has, crunched the numbers, but my guess is that a lot of those Blue Dogs who lost came from marginal districts, and only squeaked by in the Dem wave of '08.

Doug



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