(this is a summary of a guest-post I have over at Down With Tyranny...so yeah, I guess I'm a blogwhore)
Not only was Rahm Emmanuel not responsible for last Tuesday's takeover by they House, and examination of the actual numbers show that Rahm's strategy was a complete failure.
A week or so ago, I ran across the DCCC's "Red to Blue" page which listed the candidates in "Red" Congressional districts that the DCCC was supporting. I immediately notice two things -- first, a lot of the names on the original list had lost, and more importantly, a lot of the candidates that were added very late in the game were those with strong NetRoots and BlueAmerica support.
So I decided to start doing some research.
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