Blue Dogs hoping losses help them kill HCR

post from Daily Kos on 03 November 2009 01:18:02 PM. © Daily Kos

Proving once again there is no situation that won't make a blue dog howl against his own party, Pennsylvania Rep. Jason Altmire suggests that losing some races tonight would be good for Democrats because it would get them to stop acting like Democrats before it's too late.

Rep. Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) argued that an election night rebuke for Democratic candidates across the nation could lead some in the party to rethink their plans on health care reform and other issues. ... "if the results show Republicans have a pretty good night, that probably is going to lead some Democrats to think that, going into next year, we need to take a second look at the way that we've done a lot of bills we've addressed up to this point," the Pennsylvania congressman added.

What doesn't seem to occur to Altmire is that Owens and Deeds are among the doggiest of blue dogs. What they should be seeing is that Democrats who run away from their party tend to lose.

But that's the lesson old blue dogs never seem to learn.