tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post22606228224071848..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: House Freshmen Report CardNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-4321562540480545352009-11-22T07:53:17.464-08:002009-11-22T07:53:17.464-08:00I would very much like to see Stupak Dems, if you ...I would very much like to see Stupak Dems, if you do more charts. <br /><br />I'm originally from Harman's district, and I'm no big fan of hers, but the Stupak cadre are the ones I'd really like to oust. It's tough to imagine anyone more deserving of primary challengers than Democrats who make their support for the central piece of Democratic legislation contingent on gutting women's rights.Dearhttp://standardreview.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-39982637362573828992009-11-21T10:20:02.967-08:002009-11-21T10:20:02.967-08:00snarkout:
Don't forget that Lapinski benefits ...snarkout:<br />Don't forget that Lapinski benefits from the Chicago/Daley "machine." There was a fair amount of monkey business in that primary.<br /><br /><br />Re: Brady. He's the Philly Democratic chair, so he's not going anywhere. I'm still amazed he didn't win the Mayoral contest.Jimmy the Sainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102105262520509843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-77189428693309511122009-11-18T19:55:44.421-08:002009-11-18T19:55:44.421-08:00The thing is, the Lipinski primary was an utter fa...The thing is, the Lipinski primary was an utter failure. Tom Lantos died before Jackie Spier could primary him. The Lieberman challenge ended up apparently proving to Lieberman that he was immune to consequences. Heck, Karen Carter couldn't beat obvious felon Dollar Bill Jefferson.<br /><br />What are the models for success? Sestak has changed Specter's behavior for the better, hugely, but most political candidates aren't going to want to torpedo their careers in order to <i>improve someone's behavior</i>. They want to win. Edwards made Wynn less of a bank-enabling swine, and then she won. And she's an objectively good Congresswoman and relatively a better one than Wynn.<br /><br />Maybe that county commissioner will be Kanjorski, and we'll have another model to examine.snarkoutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-19981955566047398782009-11-18T18:42:44.600-08:002009-11-18T18:42:44.600-08:00Fascinating! I live in Jane Harman's district,...Fascinating! I live in Jane Harman's district, actually, and will be voting for Marcy Winograd again next year, so I'm glad to hear she really deserves it. <br /><br />Could you throw up a complete list of just the freshmen if you have it? Alternately, I'd love to see Parker Griffith vs. Bobby Bright in light of the totally counter-intuitive result from your research. Thanks!<br /><br />PS--Agree on awfulness...and the irony is that it's a symptom of the VRA's requirements for black-majority districts.arealmlcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-47858928988907543202009-11-18T18:29:12.501-08:002009-11-18T18:29:12.501-08:00Actually, given this discussion about the CBC, I w...Actually, given this discussion about the CBC, I would like to see something else: which CBC members represent something other than a safe district (safe defined, maybe, as D+10). I ask because, if CBC members mostly represent safe districts (and I suspect they do), it's not surprising that some of them would seem to be promising targets for "better Democrats" challenges.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12249467948491584815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-55925778259610180952009-11-18T17:27:47.588-08:002009-11-18T17:27:47.588-08:00Good question.
Donna Edwards is the 9th most libe...Good question.<br /><br />Donna Edwards is the 9th most liberal Congresswoman. Her district is the 23rd most liberal. My guess is that prior to 2008, the district was probably not so liberal ... maybe 50th or so?<br /><br />In the 109th Congress, prior to Edwards' first challenge, Wynn was the 146th most conservative member, far more conservative than the district. In the 110th, he was the 34th most liberal.<br /><br />Again, I think not just Richardson and Meeks, but Lipinski, Harman, and Barrow all deserve primaries at some level. Sires is sort of an odd duck -- his voting record is on par with Bob Menendez who used to hold his seat.<br /><br />I agree it would be awful if the upshot of this was that the only way to make the Democratic caucus more progressive was to make sure every CBC member was as liberal as possible.Nick Beaudrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02794690208464883973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-1222855215628085022009-11-18T14:29:03.317-08:002009-11-18T14:29:03.317-08:00What's Donna "Kittens!" Edwards'...What's Donna "Kittens!" Edwards' score? Agreed that she's the best recent template for this sort of thing, but the idea of primarying only conservative members of the CBC has a certain awfulness to it.snarkoutnoreply@blogger.com