Additionally, I feel like the complying to their conservative demographics is a bit overstated. For one, many if not all of these so called Blue Dogs were elected for their charm and policies and it is their job to frame the party platform in a form that people in their district can understand. I find that progressive lawmakers tend to work harder at informing their constituents, who are most likely already in the bucket for them. also find that conservadems are doing little to non of this outside of groundbreakings. They are following the republican paradigm of less info is better, hence findinngs that conservative constituents are far more less informed. Everyone and their mama knows that Evan Bayh BARELY pulled his weight. The culture in the Senate as well lends itself to being way less accessible than their house counterparts. But I do know their are eyes on you and this is how you must portray this. He can sound as reasonable as he wants now, but we know he is a serial underachiever that saw the ugliness of his wife’s connections, his votes and the writing on the wall. His numbers looked good enough to win again, so what are we missing here?

“People can decide with as much propriety on the alterations and amendment [to the Constitution] which shall be found necessary, as ourselves, or I do not conceive that we are more inspired, have more wisdom or possess more virtue than those who will come after us.”– George Washington, 1787

talk radio is the primary source of news for a lot of these folks’ constituents. until Democrats seriously begin to consider media reform, i think we’re stuck with these kinds of Senators…