| Jason Altmire PA John Adler NJ Rick Boucher VA Allen Boyd FL Brian Baird WA John Barrow GA Dan Boren OK John Boccieri OH Bobby Bright OH Ben Chandler KY Travis Childers MS Lincoln Davis TN Artur Davis AL Chet Edwards TX Bart Gordon TN Parker Griffith AL Tim Holden PA Stephanie Herseth Sandlin SD Dennis J. Kucinich OH | Larry Kissell NC Suzanne Kosmas FL Frank Kratovil Jr. MD Mike McIntyre NC Jim Matheson UT Jim Marshall GA Charlie Melancon LA Betsy Markey CO Eric Massa NY Michael E. McMahon NY Walt Minnick ID Scott Murphy NY Collin C. Peterson MN Mike Ross AR Ike Skelton MO Heath Shuler John Tanner TN Gene Taylor MS Harry Teague NM |
If you can't make a solid case for "your life will be easier" and "I voted to reduce the deficit by over $100 billion," you have no business holding elected office. As for Kucinich, there's a lot to be admired about standing on principle but on a vote this close?
As the president told the caucus yesterday, the Republicans will peg all Democrats as having supported reform. They're shameless. If they can use the phrase "death panel" with a straight face, they'll absolutely tell voters that Democratic Congressman X voted for the bill, or is guilty of palling around with a government takeover, and so on.