openleft.com - 1/15/2009
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Elana Schor does some cool research on ideological caucuses in the House, and finds that the Blue Dogs receive more than nine times as much press as the Progressives:
Now, Nancy Pelosi and fellow leaders surely get the most press. But when I compared the two ideologically disparate Dem ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/14/2009
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After posting last week on the role of
Democratic factions in the House's stimulus debate, I tried...
a small thought experiment: If we took media exposure as a measure of congressional influence, which Democratic group is the most powerful? Now, ...
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The Blue Dogs & the Power of Positive Press
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Chris Bowers, quoting Elana Schor:
In the past 90 days, the Blue Dogs were mentioned 933 times in national press coverage according to Lexis-Nexis. The progressives were cited just 99 times.
This gap in media coverage is not due to numbers, as there are over 80 members of the Progressive Caucus now, compared to only 51 for Blue Dogs.
Who'd a thunk? Read more…
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