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Recruiting More Blue Dogs To Make The House Democrats More Like Republicans— What A Goal!
How would you like to see more Joe Manchins, Henry Cuellars, Josh Gottheimers and Kyrsten Sinemas among congressional Democrats? The...

Howie Klein
Aug 10, 20239 min read


The Democratic Establishment Actually Encourages Bad Democrats— They WANT More Manchins And Sinemas
70% of voters just blindly select whichever candidate has a “D” or an “R” next to their name. In congressional races that usually enough...

Howie Klein
Jun 15, 20233 min read


Some Democrats Are Very Conservative And Have Virtually The Same Values That Republicans Have
Scandal-scarred and censured former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford was back in Congress in 2018— and on the wrong side of Señor...

Howie Klein
May 26, 20235 min read


North Carolina Democrap Flips To The GOP-- Kiss Women's Choice In Another State Goodbye Now
This Is What You Get When You Support A GOP-Lite Democrat Yesterday, Wisconsin votes, decisively, rejected the anti-democracy Trumpist...

Howie Klein
Apr 5, 20233 min read


Great News On The Blue Dog Front— Terminal Disarray
The Corrupt Conservative Caucus Just Fell Apart Members of the Republican wing of the Democratic Party— the Blue Dogs— aren’t overtly...

Howie Klein
Jan 24, 20234 min read


Can Democrats Keep Nominating Corrupt, Self-Serving Conservatives & Expect To Win in South Texas?
South Texas Congressman Vicente González, a shady Blue Dog, with a “D”-rated voting record, thought was making the smart decision to move...

Howie Klein
Oct 12, 20225 min read


Gottheimer Mobilizing The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party Against Fair Taxes For The Rich
The title of Jonathan Chait’s column in New York Magazine today sounds like a DWT post: Josh Gottheimer Is on a Mission to Destroy Joe...

Howie Klein
Jul 13, 20226 min read


It's Fine That The Conservative Dems Are Vanishing-- But They're Wrecking the Democratic Party
The Democratic Party Is Self-Destructing At The Worst Possible Time Yesterday, if you got past my reminiscences about my early...

Howie Klein
Jul 5, 20227 min read


The Morning After In South Texas: TX-28 Still Too Close To Call
Before dawn this morning, with around 95% of the votes in TX-28, yesterday's primary runoff is still too close to call, about 175 votes...

Howie Klein
May 25, 20225 min read


The Blue Dogs Are Trying To Sell Some Especially Heinous Candidates This Cycle-- Aided By The DCCC
On Friday the Wall Street Journal covered the Oregon congressional primary pitting conservative Blue Dog incumbent Kurt Schrader against...

Howie Klein
May 15, 20224 min read


It’s Fear That Cripples The Democratic Party-- Fear Of Our Policies, Fear Of Who We Are...
"Somehow, in my lifetime, the Democrats have gone from being the party of the factory floor to the party of the faculty lounge." -Paul...

Howie Klein
May 12, 20226 min read


Democratic Establishment's Anti-Progressive Jihad Goes Into High Gear In Oregon
Jamie McLeod-Skinner is beating corrupt Blue Dog Kurt Schrader. Schrader is so freaked out that he persuaded slimy lobbyist Jeff...

Howie Klein
Apr 29, 20224 min read


RINOs, DINOs, MAGAs
This morning someone, presumably someone who had just read this post about Doug Schoen sent me a message that my "journalism" would be...

Howie Klein
Mar 20, 20229 min read


Letter From A Defeated Blue Dog
I received an e-mail yesterday, ostensibly from Ben McAdams, subject line, "I'm personally asking." And it began, "Hi Howie, My name is...

Howie Klein
Jan 29, 20223 min read


What's Up With "The Left?" Is There A Left Left When It Comes To Winning Seats In Congress?
Corrupt conservative Henry Cuellar (Blue Dog-TX) sent out a video on Twitter yesterday claiming, Nixon-style, that he's not a crook. Like...

Howie Klein
Jan 26, 20223 min read


Any Blue Will Do? No... Especially Not During Primary Season
A case can be made that there are worse Democrats in the House than corrupt Oregon reactionary Kurt Schrader, a prominent Blue Dog. But...

Howie Klein
Jan 17, 20226 min read


Democratic Party Of Hawai'i Issues Warning To Blue Dog Ed Case
State Democratic Parties tend to be cheerleading squads for the parties' elected officials. And that's even more true in Hawai'i than in...

Howie Klein
Jan 9, 20224 min read


The Republican Wing Of The Democratic Party Is Destroying The Party Brand
The other day a regular Blue America financial contributor, who gives around $100 a month to our candidates, called me to complain. He...

Howie Klein
Nov 17, 20217 min read


Drug Prices Will Never Come Down While Corporate Whores Are Integral To The Democratic Party
Does this sound complicated? Democrats can do the right thing-- the popular thing that people elected them to do-- say, lower the cost of...

Howie Klein
Nov 15, 20215 min read


The Rush To Stop A Progressive Agenda Is Not Just About Republicans-- Not At All
Virginia Blue Dog Abigail Spanberger-- recruited in 2018 by the DCCC and EMILY's List for her CIA experience-- has been one of the most...

Howie Klein
Nov 4, 202113 min read
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