2010 and the Progressive Caucus
November 3rd, 2010
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Did the 2010 Midterm election reflect a Conservative Uprising to strike down the Progressive “mandate” of Obama’s policies? One [side] measurement of this is the membership list of the Progressive Caucus. Yes, a battle was won … but lets not lose sight of the war.
Below is a list of the members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Notice out of the entire list, there are only four present members that were not involved in the 2010 campaign. On Election evening, I tracked those who kept their job and who got fired, the results are below. The interesting part of this effort is the analysis of “why” … in an election that swung to the right …. did these people remained standing?
Senate Members 2010 Election Results
Yes, it is time to celebrate this morning … there was a Conservative Tsunami that swept the nation last night (Nov 2, 2010) that changed the balance of power and may have put the brakes on Obama’s train to socialist hell. So Celebrate … enjoy the moment.
HOWEVER when the celebration is over, realize the job is far from done and there is still a SOCIALIST (Progressive) BASTION that was left almost intact after the political tsunami. The Progressive Caucus only lost 5 members out of a total of 72 … the seeds of progressivism are still planted deeply in our government. We must not, in our jubilation, forget they are still there … waiting and politically intact and ready to continue to support Obama’s socialist idealism.
WHY? So what are the reasons these ranks “held” against the conservative tsunami? They’ve be reelected … what can we do about it? (“Nothing” is not an option, if you have weeds in your garden, you apply a herbicide or you figure out ways to pull the weeds and discard them.)
November 3rd, 2010
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Did the 2010 Midterm election reflect a Conservative Uprising to strike down the Progressive “mandate” of Obama’s policies? One [side] measurement of this is the membership list of the Progressive Caucus. Yes, a battle was won … but lets not lose sight of the war.
Below is a list of the members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Notice out of the entire list, there are only four present members that were not involved in the 2010 campaign. On Election evening, I tracked those who kept their job and who got fired, the results are below. The interesting part of this effort is the analysis of “why” … in an election that swung to the right …. did these people remained standing?
Senate Members 2010 Election Results
- Hon. Roland Burris (IL) NOT RUNNING (replaced by a Republican)
- Hon. Bernie Sanders (VT) Next Election (2012)
- Hon. Tom Udall (NM) Next Election (2014)
- REHIRED – Hon. Tammy Baldwin (WI-02)
- REHIRED – Hon. Xavier Becerra (CA-31)
- REHIRED – Hon. Earl Blumenauer (OR-03)
- REHIRED – Hon. Robert Brady (PA-01) (Unopposed)
- REHIRED – Hon. Corrine Brown (FL-03)
- REHIRED – Hon. Michael Capuano (MA-08) (Unopposed)
- REHIRED – Hon. Andr? Carson (IN-07)
- REHIRED – Hon. Donna Christensen (VI)
- REHIRED – Hon. Judy Chu (CA-32)
- FIRED – Hon. Yvette Clarke (NY-11)
- REHIRED – Hon. William “Lacy” Clay (MO-01)
- REHIRED – Hon. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05)
- REHIRED – Hon. Steve Cohen (TN-09)
- REHIRED – Hon. John Conyers (MI-14)
- REHIRED – Hon. Elijah Cummings (MD-07)
- REHIRED – Hon. Danny Davis (IL-07)
- REHIRED – Hon. Peter DeFazio (OR-04)
- REHIRED – Hon. Rosa DeLauro (CT-03)
- REHIRED – Hon. Sam Farr (CA-17)
- REHIRED – Hon. Chaka Fattah (PA-02)
- REHIRED – Hon. Bob Filner (CA-51)
- REHIRED – Hon. Barney Frank (MA-04)
- REHIRED – Hon. Marcia L. Fudge (OH-11)
- REHIRED – Hon. Luis Gutierrez (IL-04)
- FIRED – Hon. John Hall (NY-19)
- FIRED – Hon. Phil Hare (IL-17)
- REHIRED – Hon. Alcee Hastings (FL-23)
- REHIRED – Hon. Maurice Hinchey (NY-22)
- REHIRED – Hon. Michael Honda (CA-15)
- REHIRED – Hon. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (IL-02)
- REHIRED – Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX-30)
- REHIRED – Hon. Hank Johnson (GA-04)
- REHIRED – Hon. Marcy Kaptur (OH-09)
- FIRED – Hon. Carolyn Kilpatrick (MI-13) (fired in the primary)
- REHIRED – Hon. Barbara Lee (CA-09)
- REHIRED – Hon. John Lewis (GA-05)
- REHIRED – Hon. David Loebsack (IA-02)
- REHIRED – Hon. Ben R. Lujan (NM-3)
- REHIRED – Hon. Carolyn Maloney (NY-14)
- REHIRED – Hon. Ed Markey (MA-07)
- REHIRED – Hon. Jim McDermott (WA-07) (Unopposed)
- REHIRED – Hon. James McGovern (MA-03)
- REHIRED – Hon. George Miller (CA-07)
- REHIRED – Hon. Gwen Moore (WI-04)
- REHIRED – Hon. Jim Moran (VA-08)
- REHIRED – Hon. Jerrold Nadler (NY-08)
- REHIRED – Hon. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (DC)
- REHIRED – Hon. John Olver (MA-01)
- REHIRED – Hon. Frank Pallone (NJ-06)
- REHIRED – Hon. Ed Pastor (AZ-04)
- REHIRED – Hon. Donald Payne (NJ-10)
- REHIRED – Hon. Chellie Pingree (ME-01)
- REHIRED – Hon. Jared Polis (CO-02)
- REHIRED – Hon. Charles Rangel (NY-15)
- REHIRED – Hon. Laura Richardson (CA-37)
- REHIRED – Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard (CA-34)
- REHIRED – Hon. Bobby Rush (IL-01)
- REHIRED – Hon. Linda S?nchez (CA-39)
- REHIRED – Hon. Jan Schakowsky (IL-09)
- REHIRED – Hon. Jos? Serrano (NY-16)
- REHIRED – Hon. Louise Slaughter (NY-28)
- REHIRED – Hon. Pete Stark (CA-13)
- REHIRED – Hon. Bennie Thompson (MS-02)
- REHIRED – Hon. John Tierney (MA-06)
- REHIRED – Hon. Nydia Velazquez (NY-12) (Unopposed)
- REHIRED – Hon. Maxine Waters (CA-35)
- REHIRED – Hon. Mel Watt (NC-12)
- REHIRED – Hon. Henry Waxman (CA-30)
- REHIRED – Hon. Peter Welch (VT-)
Yes, it is time to celebrate this morning … there was a Conservative Tsunami that swept the nation last night (Nov 2, 2010) that changed the balance of power and may have put the brakes on Obama’s train to socialist hell. So Celebrate … enjoy the moment.
HOWEVER when the celebration is over, realize the job is far from done and there is still a SOCIALIST (Progressive) BASTION that was left almost intact after the political tsunami. The Progressive Caucus only lost 5 members out of a total of 72 … the seeds of progressivism are still planted deeply in our government. We must not, in our jubilation, forget they are still there … waiting and politically intact and ready to continue to support Obama’s socialist idealism.
WHY? So what are the reasons these ranks “held” against the conservative tsunami? They’ve be reelected … what can we do about it? (“Nothing” is not an option, if you have weeds in your garden, you apply a herbicide or you figure out ways to pull the weeds and discard them.)