It’s On: Dem Congressman Blames SEIU, Other Leftist Groups For Midterm Loses…
Nothing like a little red-on-red action to brighten your day.
(The Hill)- Liberal groups need to stay out of Democratic primaries if the party is going to retake the House majority, according to a conservative Massachusetts Democrat.
Rep. Stephen Lynch was one of several Democrats who faced an aggressive primary challenge from the left in 2010. His challenger Mac D’Alessandro, a former top official with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), received almost $300,000 from labor groups for his campaign.
“There was a lot of money spent against Democrats by Democrats,” Lynch told The Ballot Box. “That contributed to the scale of our losses.”
Lynch survived his primary and was reelected in November, but several House Democrats who were targets of the left lost their reelection bids. For instance, the SEIU encouraged its members in Ohio’s 18th district to “skip-a-Space” on their ballots and not vote for Rep. Zack Space because of his opposition to healthcare reform. The two-term Democrat was subsequently defeated by Republican Bob Gibbs.
Liberal groups also targeted Alabama Democrat Bobby Bright because of his opposition to the healthcare reform bill. The group Blue America PAC spent almost $50,000 against Bright – in the general election, according to records compiled by the Sunlight Foundation, a nonprofit watchdog group.
And in New Hampshire, liberal groups helped Ann McLane Kuster defeat establishment-favorite Katrina Swett in a bruising 2nd district Democratic primary. Kuster went on to lose to Republican Charlie Bass in a tight vote.
Posted by ZIP on Sunday, January 30, 2011, at 8:46 pm | 
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Give’m time and any union endorsement will be a pink slip.
Eating their own…
Delicious!
‘D’Alessandro’ – that’s Pelosi’s maiden name.
now they know that the money is cut off for them they will stick their heads in the sand and cry
Actions speak louder than worrds. The medium may be the message, but actions and policies speak volumes. Reds on Reds is not the fundamental cause of your losses Dhimis. Its your lean towards socialism; your failed Keynisian economic policies and the blithering idiots in the WH, the former speaker, and the majority leader in the Senate that are responsible for your failures.
The good news is rather than learn from your mistakes, you choose to keep making them. 2012 will be VERY interesting.
So the blame game is bi-partisan; the LEFT blames the unions and liberals for dividing the vote, so their “guy” didn’t get in, –and the RIGHT blames the Tea Party for the same thing.
The “Blue Dogs” were used as cannon fodder. OOPs , sorry for the violent rhetoric.
Just thought that the Sunni and Shi’ite were good at in.
Moderate Islam is a lot like moderate progressives.
quick Wiki says D’Allesandro worked for SEIU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_D'Alessandro
Zero has said that SEIU’s agenda is his agenda, so tough luck, Lynch..
Obama SEIU’s Agenda is My Agenda
Looting pension funs to spend on leftist political campaigns: does anyone see a problem with that?
Steve Lynch has a starring role in “Democratic Code” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NRMAsaOEQQ
MUST SEE!
umm..don’t you mean ‘blue-on-blue’ ??