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Blue Dogs
May 12, 2022
Alex Shephard
House Democrats Are Backing Abortion Foe Henry Cuellar at the Worst Possible Moment
The party needs to decide what it cares about more: its Beltway friends or reproductive rights.
February 6, 2021
Alex Pareene
The Blue Dog Democrats Have a Point
Moderates want the White House to abandon its current approach to Covid-19 relief. And they make a good case.
June 27, 2019
Alex Shephard
Pelosi Bows to Conservatives on Border Funding
In the name of party unity, the Speaker again sells out the Progressive Caucus—and stiff-arms the Democratic base.
September 18, 2017
Graham Vyse
What Do Centrist Democrats Even Stand For?
As Bernie Sanders and the progressive wing pull the party leftward, moderates are hoping to convince voters that they have big ideas, too.
January 7, 2016
Michael A. Cooper Jr.
The Democratic Party in the South Has Changed for Good
The party has been decimated in the South in the Obama era. But it is rebuilding itself in his image.
July 29, 2009
Ed Kilgore
What Makes Dogs Blue?
January 28, 2009
Eve Fairbanks
So, What's Going To Happen To The Stimulus Bill Tonight?
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