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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

It's important how it starts because they already have everything in place if Cruz wins to pass all the bat#### fantasies he wants. They built their obstruction loving Congress over the years. Bernie couldn't pass a bill calling America "the greatest country ever" without being obstructed. Bernie has few allies even within the party he wants to lead. The movement is nothing if they don't move on to the grassroots level and get their people in Congress. But the problem for them is there is always going to be Democrats from the Midwest and South who will often be more conservative, like it or not. So solving that part of the equation, as Obama learned, means compromising. Not every Democrat is a Northeast or West Coast liberal. Its a broader party than the GOP.

Well things change.

In 2008 the Blue Dog caucus in the House boasted 54 members. By 2014 they were down to 19. After last week, they’re down to just 10.

Despite very heavy Party recruitment of right wingers willing to call themselves Democrats, the 2012 election didn’t repopulate the group and in places where there were Blue Dogs in more liberal districts, they were challenged from the left in primaries and lost.

http://www.salon.com/2014/11/12/bye_...s_for_america/