QUOTE (Seeker1 @ Jul 8 2008, 05:19 PM)

To eliminate the Blue Dogs, I believe Democrats need to focus on winning state legislatures.
Winning state legislatures means they control state redistricting/gerrymandering.
Eliminating gerrymandering will eliminate the crazily drawn districts that isolate conservative voters into one oddly shaped voting district that tends to elect a conservative Democrat - or Republican - in the first place.
I would also add... get involved in your City and Town's elections. We need to make sure the naive voters know to NEVER vote in a CITY MANAGER. This is 'new local politics' which basically hijacks local control. The 'city managers' have a right to override the Mayor and Council members decisions and hiring and firing practices.
This 'hijacking' is happening acoss the country, bit by bit, town by town. And, the City Manager WILL be the main man, or woman, who permits Posse Comitatus laws to be broken.
That's the plan...beware.