If there was any sliver of hope for moderate Democrats on a catastrophic midterm election night, it was their assumption that now, at least, the party's leaders would have to focus on recapturing the political center. If nothing else, they reasoned, Speaker Nancy Pelosi would be forced to step aside as party leader, yielding control to Steny H. Hoyer, the Maryland congressman who had been the Blue Dogs' ally in party leadership.A week later, that hope appears to have been woefully misguided. Ms. Pelosi defied expectation by announcing that she wanted to stay on, forcing Mr. Hoyer...
Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2010/11/09/don039t_blame_dem_losses_on_blue_dogs_245509.html
Jack Reed Jay Rockefeller Jeanne Shaheen Jeff Bingaman Jeff Merkley
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