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To: Dale Baker who wrote (56433)	3/27/2008 1:52:48 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543797

I consider them as lost to the party way before Bush. The loss of the South started with Nixon and the defection of the Dixiecrats. The group that stayed more or less independent and voting across party lines was the blue-dog segment. People like me, living in Arkansas, registered forever as a Democrat. I've voted for as many Rep presidents as I have Dems. Others might tag me as a Reagan democrat, too, I think. There is a resurgence of the blue-dog mentality going on in my neck of the woods that should be developed by the party, IMO. If there was a betrayal in this election, to me it was Claire McCaskell up in MO. Blue-dog groups like mine really helped her win by working hard up in southern MO where she was weak. Both Clintons campaigned in the state for her. She barely won and it was rural, southern MO (only 30 miles up the road from me) that tipped her the lead. When she announced for Obama my jaw dropped. She's entitled, of course, to do what she wants, but in her case I personally thought she should have 'danced with the one that brung her', as they say down here.