In order, then...
Lynch is presumably a conservadem because he voted against Obamacare.
It's not quite that simple, from
this little bit he criticized it from both the left and right. Then again, so did I.
We're a bit more tolerant of dissenting opinions than the GOP then clearly.
But only a bit.
There is definitely an effort by the NARAListas to drive out the pro-lifers if they can, however (didn't Stupak get a challenge before he dropped out?) - true in NM, as well, complete with murky applications of non-profit law. And then there's the official party platforms...
Lynch got his primary challenge because of his vote on healthcare. Dennigan also didn't really mention Langevin's pro-life stances during the campaign. Neither of these races had anything to do with abortion.
But I bet that was an underlying reason for why they keep getting primary challenges, hmm?
Especially with Langevin (I recall the NARAListas screaming at the very thought of Langevin getting the nod to run against Chafee in 2006)...
I didn't say anything about Langevin's ideology? And Lynch is pretty conservative for a guy in a safe Dem district.
- MA-09 (D) - Conservadem Stephen Lynch faces a challenge from the left in attorney Mac D'Alessandro. Lynch, of course, has a large cash advantage.
Right there.
Ah, this does keep coming up with him, but as Al put it...
Though not really for that district. In any case, that he could even be thought as such is an indication of how the meaning of the term 'conservative democrat' has shifted almost out of recognition over the past couple of decades.
I mean, seriously. I see this as another sign of the increasing radicalization of both parties, a process which has been going on for a while, but is increasing...
