A list of the most vulnerable Democrats in the House this year shows that, to the extent that American voters are upset with Democrats in the House of Representatives, it’s not because the Democrats were too progressive.

If H.R. 6028 passes, the wolf may once again be treated as mere vermin to be exterminated, and this time, the extermination may be complete.

Not a single one of the Democrats who voted against the health care reform bill has a progressive legislative rating about 50 percent.

Ping. Pong. Ping. Pong. Back and forth go the volleys of favors between Chet Edwards and the utility corporation called Energy Future Holdings. It’s like watching a tennis game, minus the short white skirts. A visit to the Sunlight Foundation’s Political Party Time reveals only the latest whiffer to cross the net that separates corporations [...]

Is it coincidental that Chet Edwards worked in opposition to health care reform around the same time he was handed $52,400 by lobbyist Kent Caperton?

In our legislative scorecard, they have an average overall score of 23.8, on a scale in which a score of 100 is ideally progressive. These congressional Democrats generally helped George W. Bush to implement his agenda, instead of offering resistance.

Besides the highly objectionable right wing ideology Chet Edwards favors, there’s the problem of his lack of experience. Chet Edwards has represented a fringe congressional district in a fringe state. he doesn’t have any executive experience to balance Obama’s legislative experience. In the House of Representatives, Chet Edwards has never managed to hold anything but obscure leadership positions in minor subcommittees.

I found a bumper sticker – political button set that expresses the problem with Chet Edwards perfectly. It tickles me with its way of expressing political dissatisfaction in a relatively folsky way, so I thought I’d share it with you: Chet Edwards is a Democrat like a catfish is a cat – in other words, Chet Edwards is a Democrat in name only.

To vote for this bill was to insult the Constitution of the United States of America, and in doing so, to insult the USA itself. A vote in favor of this bill is a betrayal of the Oath of Office every member of Congress has taken. It is unpatriotic, and a grave breach of trust.

You are probably not aware of it, but the Equal Rights Amendment did not die back in the 1980s. It has been brought back to the House of Representatives and to the Senate. Both the Senate and House versions of the proposed constitutional amendment state that: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be [...]