Blue Dog Boyd getting a real primary challenge

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I'm always a wee bit suspicious when I hear of politicians being described as "farmers"; half the time it translates as "landlord" and the other half as "owner of a factory processing agricultural products". Maybe Boyd is different, I don't know.

Anyway.

Presidential Primary figures for the district... Obama 37%, Clinton 33%, Edwards 24%

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I'm sure he has zillions of other crappy views

Hmm... I'm not sure that your average congresscritter is intellectually curious enough to have more than one or two views at the same time...

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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.

If he came near me I'd "knock him off". With a brick.

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Actually, it's more because the Democratic Party has no ideology beyond (often rather weak) opposition to whatever the Republican Party stands for (slight exaggeraton).

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Actually, it's more because the Democratic Party has no ideology beyond (often rather weak) opposition to whatever the Republican Party stands for (slight exaggeraton).

Why is the sky blue? It's a reflection of the ocean.

Why is the ocean blue? It's a reflection of the sky.

Claiming that the Republican Party is less ideological than the Democrats is really quite funny, you know. You only have to look at the record(s) of the parties in office...