The 8 Dems Who Represent Districts Carried by Obama Who Voted Against Health Care Bill

[flpoljunkie]

The most important number in politics this weekend: 8

That's the number of House Democrats voting against tonight's health care bill who represent districts carried by President Barack Obama during the 2008 election.

Of the eight, Obama's highest percentage came in Rep. Artur Davis' 7th district where he won 74 percent of the vote. Davis' vote is rightly understood through a political lens as, despite the overwhelming support for Obama in his district, he is running for governor of a conservative-leaning state next November and wants to safeguard against attacks from Republicans.

Six of the remaining seven members -- Reps. John Adler (N.J.), Brian Baird (Wash.), John Barrow (Ga.), Larry Kissell (N.C.), Scott Murphy (N.Y.) and Glenn Nye (Va.) -- represent districts where the President took 55 percent or less in 2008, making their decision to vote "no" strategically defensible

(The last Democratic member holding an Obama district to vote against the bill was Rep. Dennis Kucinich who, as we all know, is tough to predict.)

That means -- for you non-math majors out there -- that 31 of the 39 Democrats who voted against the bill represent seats won by Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) last fall.

more here...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/most-important-number/the-most-important-number-in-p-62.html?hpid=topnews

[CitizenLeft]

1. I wondered why about Artur Davis.

Thank you - I forgot he was running for gov.

[Frances]

2. Yes

I wish him luck in my native state

[CitizenLeft]

3. I wish him luck too.

[ej510]

5. He will be crushed by a Klan member in the Bama gubernatorial race.

[Hutzpa]

4. DENNIS VOTED NO??

What???

[Davis_X_Machina]

6. His standards are higher than yours.

He voted against ACES, too.

[Scarsdale Vibe]

9. His high standards mean more giveaways to Blue Dogs.

[Hutzpa]

10. At what point do you start

to wonder, what exactly does Kucinich stands for? He would rather throw it
all away, than vote for progress.

C'mon Dennis, you're loosing us.

[Clio the Leo]

11. More....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=8740411&mesg_id=8740411

[question everything]

8. He always marches to his own tune (nt)

[question everything]

7. interesting analysis. Thanks (nt)

[Hippo_Tron]

12. Artur Davis should have resigned from congress earlier this year

He's going to be giving up his seat anyway to run for Governor and it would be better to have someone in there who is representing the district and not the state. Plus not having to take roll call votes would ultimately be a political plus I think.

[Frances]

13. It would be wonderful if Davis could be elected governor,

but that is not likely. I assume he will remain in Congress if he is defeated.