The Democratic Blue Dogs, those members that are fiscally conservative, are trying to make a comeback and build from the Party enthusiasm for 2018 which is not making the Progressive wing happy.
Wait there’s enthusiasm for the DEM in the mid-term elections – PB/TK
Blue Dogs eye comeback in 2018 – By Heather Caygle / July 24 2017
The Blue Dog Coalition, a fading wing of the Democratic Caucus in recent years, is leaning on a controversial ally as it tries to regain a toehold on power in the House: President Donald Trump.
The group of moderate and conservative Democrats, which was all but wiped out when Republicans swept the House in 2010, has been slowly rebuilding its membership.
And with Democrats eager to woo the white working-class voters who flocked to Trump, the coalition is prodding party leaders to support Blue Dog-backed candidates, saying that’s the key to taking back the House in 2018. It’s a push that is quickly running into conflict with the party’s energized left flank.
“People want to purify,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), one of the Blue Dog’s three co-chairs, said about the Democratic base’s surge to the left. “[But] without Blue Dogs, we don’t have a majority. That’s the bottom line.”
Continue to politico.com article: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/24/democrats-blue-dogs-eye-2018-comeback-240813
