Tennessee has been knocked around for the past couple of weeks and we won't dwell on it, but I want to highlight a shining star in the Tennessee Progressive Movement: Representative Steve Cohen.
Congressman Cohen is NOT, I repeat NOT a Blue Dog Democrat. In fact, he's a member of the Out of Iraq Caucus, voted against funding Iraq, for impeachment, and, most pressing to Dkossacks right now,(DRUMROLL) voted against the FISA Bill too.
Before you jump below, isn't this enough to sell you on a teeny weenie ActBlue donation to the good gentleman from Tennessee?
What's more, he's earned kudos for TPM's Quote of the day, calling Dick Cheney "a 'Barnacle' on the Legislative Branch!"
Ya gotta love the guy who's heralded by DFAfor making DLC'er Harold Ford Jr's seat Bluer than ever, and who is Tennessee's only state official to receive the ACLU Bill of Rights/Human Rights Award.
As posted a couple of weeks ago by Billerico, Cohen is in a primary fight for his seat against an Emily's Lister and
So who's this Nikki Tinker?
"She will be a DLC, corporate hack," projected a West Tennessean back in 2006, saying her talking points were straight out of the Harold Ford Jr. playbook.
Do we want another Blue Dog DLC Dem in the House that'll cave on the important issues?
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