Reply #13: I think he didn't expect the Blue Dogs to be such turncoats. [View All]

[Odin2005]

That's why I think he got Rahm on his team, thinking he would use him to shmooze the Blue Dogs in the right direction when necessary while being able to say that he's "listening to centrist opinions". I don't think he expected them to be this stubborn, especially since people like Kent Conrad are pretty liberal in other areas. I think he's trying to figure out how to deal with the Blue Dogs right now.