Read more Blue Dog Democrats stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/35011/blue-dog-democrats.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:12:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73333/hey-blue-dogs-we-need-a-second-stimulus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe ever-worsening employment situation demands a second stimulus, writes former Labor Secretary Robert Reich . Yes, the first stimulus is only half-spent, but the remaining programs won’t affect mounting job losses. Blue Dog Democrats, worried about the deficit and 2010 elections, will be hard-pressed to support a second round, but Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/73333/hey-blue-dogs-we-need-a-second-stimulus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 17:51:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73256/obama-cant-save-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe message to Democratic candidates from yesterday's GOP wins in New Jersey and Virginia should be loud and clear: they're on their own, writes Dan McLaughlin . Jon Corzine and Creigh Deeds tied themselves as closely to possible to President Obama and lost, demonstrating that the president's continued personal popularity isn't...http://www.newser.com/story/73256/obama-cant-save-democrats.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 4:17:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72209/pelosi-fighting-for-stronger-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNancy Pelosi is on a mission to pass the strongest public option on the table in the House—a plan that would pay doctors the same rates as Medicare—and she's close to having enough votes, she told fellow Dems last night. The plan would cost just $871 billion, according...http://www.newser.com/story/72209/pelosi-fighting-for-stronger-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 7:07:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71063/house-dems-fear-senate-wh-steamroll-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Democrats on both ends of the spectrum are feeling sorry for themselves as they struggle to shape a final health care reform bill. The bill is widely expected—based in no small part on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s proclamations—to include a public option, a tax on wealthy Americans, and...http://www.newser.com/story/71063/house-dems-fear-senate-wh-steamroll-on-health-care.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 11:11:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69908/blue-dogs-offer-own-spin-on-finance-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBlue Dogs are digging in against the idea of creating a “consumer financial protection agency,” a key provision in Barack Obama’s financial regulatory reform plan, Politico reports. Instead, they want existing regulators to collaborate by way of a “consumer financial protection council.” “We’re trying to come up with something that...http://www.newser.com/story/69908/blue-dogs-offer-own-spin-on-finance-reform.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 21 Sep 2009 13:40:57 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69289/obama-neglects-a-powerful-presidential-tool-fear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama has been praised for bringing a more conciliatory tone to the presidency after the with-us-or-against-us swagger of George W. Bush. But Obama’s preference for gentle negotiation and compromise leaves him less able to use an effective presidential tool: fear, writes Ben Smith for Politico. Obama has failed to...http://www.newser.com/story/69289/obama-neglects-a-powerful-presidential-tool-fear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Sep 2009 15:54:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68962/hold-on-blue-dogs-your-voters-like-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen top Blue Dog Dem Mike Ross came out against the public option, he said that “an overwhelming number” of his constituents opposed it. Maybe he's gotten emails to that effect, but if he’d actually bothered to poll his district, he’d probably get a different story, writes Nate Silver of...http://www.newser.com/story/68962/hold-on-blue-dogs-your-voters-like-the-public-option.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 10:26:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68887/ex-adviser-obama-not-bold-enough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of Barack Obama's top advisers during the campaign tells Politico he's "losing patience" with the White House and wants more "bold" leadership from the president on a host of issues including health care and gay rights. “I’m not going to just sit by the curb and let these folks...http://www.newser.com/story/68887/ex-adviser-obama-not-bold-enough.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 14:21:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68839/house-dems-back-to-work-in-same-quagmire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHouse Democrats returned to work yesterday in the same position they were in before they spent their summer break getting an earful from the public, the Washington Post reports. House lawmakers are still expected to move first on the health care bill. But while broad support remains for some kind...http://www.newser.com/story/68839/house-dems-back-to-work-in-same-quagmire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 08 Sep 2009 4:30:36 CDT