Reply #253: you can run from the facts, but you can't hide [View All]

You may think that Obama was at the front of a Democratic landslide nationwide, but the facts say you're wrong. As I suggested, in those areas of the country represented by Blue Dog Democrats, Obama often lagged behind the Congressional candidate, so much so that in the 51 districts represented by blue dogs, McCain carried 32 of those districts compared with Obama's 19. Obama averaged 48 percent of the vote to McCain's 50. You are right that there was an Obama landslide, it just wasn't evenly distributed. In the districts represented by Democrats who aren't blue dogs, Obama won 189 out of around 206, averaging 65 percent of the vote in those areas. In other words, Obama may have had coattails in those areas, but he definitely didn't have them in most of the blue dog districts.

I'm no fan of the likes of Gene Taylor or Dan Boren or Mike Ross. But they're from districts where Obama couldn't even get 40 percent of the vote and I doubt that being seen as supporters of the president's policies was a key factor in their victories.

And here is a link to "back up" my assertions. Still waiting for your link.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/most-important-number/the-most-important-number-in-p-20.html