Regina Thomas Throws One Of Her Lovely Hats Into The Ring-- A Blue Dog's Got A Challenger

[Are_grits_groceries]

Yesterday Regina Thomas made it official and is now campaigning for the Democratic nomination against reactionary Blue Dog John Barrow. For many in GA-12, his dual votes against Choice and against health care reform were the last straw. Jim Morekis at Connect Savannah summed up on the ground: he's in trouble; Republicans won't reward him for voting the Republican line and Democrats are looking to punish him. The district is hurting and Barrow is certainly not unaware of the research his own committee, Energy and Commerce, did on his district. The bill he voted against Saturday night would have been particularly beneficial to residents of hard-pressed GA-12.
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With his "no" vote, Barrow sent a signal that despite representing a district that gave Obama 55 percent of the vote, despite representing one of the most poverty-stricken districts in the U.S., despite probably needing every African American vote he can get in 2010 to keep his seat, he would still dance with the Tea Partiers rather than the 21 percent of his constituents desperately in need of real access to health care - however imperfectly and bureaucratically administered as it is likely to be.
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They told him in no uncertain terms that they and his most loyal constituents expected a "yes" vote on health care reform after all the support they'd given him in beating back Republican challenges-- including standing with him against a fellow African American in the person of Thomas.

You can help Regina defeat Barrow at the Blue America Bad Dogs page: http://www.actblue.com/page/baddogs

http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/

I hope every one of them gets beaten by a better Dem.

[hobbit709]

1. Damn right. Every one of those turkeys needs to be challenged.

[SoCalDem]

2. GD Blue Dogs Dogged by Better Dems.. Better Dem Coalition n/t

[n2doc]

3. She didn't do well last time she ran against him

Hopefully she does better. I will not give Barrow my vote. He is scum.

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. Hopefully, she learned a few things.

In addition, Barrow has major difficulties now. If she or someone else can run a smart campaign, they have a chance.

At least somebody is stepping up!

[Bitwit1234]

5. I hope a really good opponent takes on Schuler

"The Family" and their corrupt influence are grooming Schuler for a role similiar to Stupak the stupid.