Blue Dogs still howling

Inside The Bruising Democratic Leadership Fight: Pelosi Moves To Box Out Hoyer | TPMDC: "Don't get me wrong, she'll go down as a great Speaker in some respects (no one could have pulled health care back to life the way she did), but she overreached in many ways. She made many vulnerable members walk the plank on votes she knew would never become law (cap and trade). She also forced them to vote on liberal versions of major legislation with the reasoning that it would 'give us an upper hand in conference', knowing we would give away the farm in the end anyway. As a result vulnerable members made tough votes that ended up costing them their careers."