Blue Dog Boyd getting a real primary challenge

[Landslide Lyndon]

I think his stimulus vote might have been the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

[Landslide Lyndon]

I think his stimulus vote might have been the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.

I dont know about that.  The majority of Democrats in this district are likely Dixiecrats that generally support Boyd's vote against the stimulus. 

Travis Childers, Jim Marshall, Lincoln Davis and many other Democrats are in districts full of Dixiecrats but voted for the bill. And so did the majority of Blue Dogs.

And Boyd is an entrenched incumbent who hasn't much to worry about his reelection, unlike some other No votes (Bright, Kratovil, Minnick).   

[Landslide Lyndon]

And it isn't just Congress. Consider the governor of Tennessee, Phil Bredesen. Not exactly a friend to the far left (which is why I think he's the best Democrat Obama could choose for HHS ). If the Democrats try to knock him out in favor of a "Real Democrat", and the Republicans run someone more competent than a pineapple, the Republican will probably win.

Bredesen is term limited.
Nobody is trying to knock him off.