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How Many Republican Congressmen from Blue Districts? Can we co-opt them for our agenda?
Depending on the number, it's getting close enough in the House that maybe Obama can pull a Ronald Reagan on the Republican House. Though Reagan had only a Republican Senate, he really forced Tip to play ball with him, because of the Blue Dog democrats. Not sure how many Republicans represent districts Obama won. Does anybody? Are there enough to enable Obama and the Dems to win them over to our side on big issues?