Sunday, October 17, 2010

For House Democrats, politics trumps loyalty (AP)

FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2008 file photo, then-Rep.-elect Betsy Markey, D-Colo., prepares to address supporters in Fort Collins, Colo.  Democrats, grasping to keep control of the House in a growing number of tough campaigns around the country, are having to turn their backs on some of the staunchest supporters of their agenda and prop up candidates who have routinely defied them on signature issues such as health care and climate change. (AP Photo/Will Powers, File)AP - Grasping to keep control of Congress, Democratic leaders are turning their backs on some of their staunchest supporters in the House and propping up stronger candidates who have routinely defied them on health care, climate change and other major issues.


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