I nominate Jane Harman -- she's a Blue Dog Democrat in Southern California, a True Blue area. Of course, her district does include some heavily republican enclaves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Harman
Jane Harman's district is not overwhelmingly progressive. She's HUGELY popular there b/c she does an excellent job of representing the district. Seriously, what's wrong with that? FYI, she'll be the next Senator from California as soon as Feinstein retires...
she won't be. she didn't gain ANY traction at all in the gov primary several years ago even against the charismatically-challenged gray davis.
plus harman's too fucking old.
New blood. And perhaps someone not beholden to the military industrial complex and overly hawkish.
I live in the district, and I certainly don't feel that she does a very good job representing me. She voted for the draconian, credit-card driven bankruptcy bill, and she's a war supporter. The district can certainly do better than her.
Hey, bedobe, glad to hear you live in Harman's district! I've been dealing with Harman's staff on the Hill to get her to sign a resolution that will get a full and open debate on the Iraq War. Democracy for America has launched a campaign called "Change the Course" to lobby House members to take more responsibility for the war. Find out more here.
Harman is actually surprisingly realistic about the war (she's said that there is a bipartisan consensus for an exit strategy), but she's reluctant to stick her neck out and actually DO something that counts. So please put a little constituent pressure on her and call your local district office!
I agree! Jane Harman represents aerospace money, not any group of actual people. She is particularly dangerous because she has a shitload of money, choice committee appointments (where she always fucks things up) and regular appearances on talk shows. I fear she is being groomed to be the next Dianne Feinstein.
I'll see your Jane Harman and raise you an Ellen Tauscher.
