He heard from me after his vote on the Move-On condemnation. I pointed out that I’d voted for him every time he ran, but wouldn’t be voting for him again. So far, no response from him or his office.

Like I told him, just being pro-choice isn’t enough any more.

rwcole @ 80

We’ve got dems in red states or red districts who are pretty damned conservative- but they vote for dem leadership…If ya take em out- ya get a gooper.

Primary challenges, in my opinion, should happen AFTER a substantial majority is achieved and should happen only in places where the odds of a progressive winning are very good.

That is why Darcy Burner put “More” before “Better” when she said we need “more and better dems. I you look at voting records; the worst Dem. Gene Taylor, has a progressive score 20 points higher that the “best Thug” Chris Shays. People who say the Dems and Republicans are all the same are either misguided or Thug trolls.

The problem in Moore’s case is not that he’s a conservative Dem, but that he’s one of the people leading the fight to make Congressional Democrats into corporate-whore Republicans.

Dennis Moore was a prime beneficiary of Dr. Dean’s 50 State Strategy in that he faced no serious Republican challenger. The Club for Growth was pumping the money elsewhere, like the Kansas 2nd and the AG race. (Dems carried both, though I expect Rep Boyda will have a big target on her back next year in the KS-2.)

It’d be nice if Rep Moore would return some of the love to Dr. Dean.

Yeah. But he’s apparently been too busy siding with Republicans on pro-money, anti-people bills to care.

I used to live in the KS 3rd District and have followed Dennis Moore’s career. Given the politics of that district, it is my belief that Rep. Moore is as liberal or progressive a Congressman as the Democrats are likely to elect in that district unless the demographics change substantially. I have not heard of a primary challenge and would be surprised if one occurred.

Word. Stop and think people, we’re talking Kansas here. You remember, that’s the place where Darwinism is replaced by Creationism or Intelligent Design every few years. As a former resident and contributor to Dennis Moore myself, I can tell you that while he might be a Blue Dog Democrat, you sure don’t want to consider what it would be like to have to deal with the person who runs as his Republican opponent in that certifiably conservative district every two years.

I’m as frustrated as the next person with the ineffectiveness of the Democrats since they retook congress, but hating on Dennis Moore when he’s up against the forces he has to run against every two years is ignorant, self-indulgent, and naive.

The problem, PP, isn’t that he’s a social conservative in a socially conservative area. (Which is kinda doubtful — I mean, lookit, you’ve got places like Lawrence in the 3rd CD, and Lawrence is a nice college town. But I digress.) The problem is that he’s the lead quisling on behalf of Big Money.

Does it mesh with Kansans’ family values to back a guy who sides with the banks against them?

What happened to my lupins?

Dennis took ‘em. ;-)

OT -

Did you all hear about the tidal surge poised to hit England shortly? 10 feet above normal. The worry is that it’ll be worse than in 1953, when the surge killed 300. It’s in all the UK papers, here’s one:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new…..orm208.xml

Oops, looks like the surge has hit, at least in Northern mainland Europe –

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6274377.stm

German national rail service suspended, at least 25 reported dead so far.

The tidal increase is a normal patterned “spring tide”. The problem is that it is also linked to a Storm Surge (which isn’t a tidal surge) related to the low pressure system in the area.

It’s the big storm in combination with a once a year high tide that will cause the flooding. But the storm is doing a lot of damage and killing on it’s own. 105mph (170km/h) force winds have nothing to do with the lunar tide cycles and are the things doing the most damage.

I used to live in the KS 3rd District and have followed Dennis Moore’s career. Given the politics of that district, it is my belief that Rep. Moore is as liberal or progressive a Congressman as the Democrats are likely to elect in that district unless the demographics change substantially. I have not heard of a primary challenge and would be surprised if one occurred.

Word. Stop and think people, we’re talking Kansas here. You remember, that’s the place where Darwinism is replaced by Creationism or Intelligent Design every few years. As a former resident and contributor to Dennis Moore myself, I can tell you that while he might be a Blue Dog Democrat, you sure don’t want to consider what it would be like to have to deal with the person who runs as his Republican opponent in that certifiably conservative district every two years.

I’m as frustrated as the next person with the ineffectiveness of the Democrats since they retook congress, but hating on Dennis Moore when he’s up against the forces he has to run against every two years is ignorant, self-indulgent, and naive.

FWIW, Raw Story is reporting that the National Journal’s CongressDaily reported that DiFi “may now be waivering in her support” for retroactive immunity on the telcom issue. She reportedly said: “I did support [immunity] in the intel bill and I’m giving it further thought.” ??

“waiver”, my *ss. wave her through the Phantom Tollbooth on her way to the underworld following her Mukasey antics.

I’m not sure if you need to be a card carrying member or not in order to get the video.