We Should Be So Lucky
The St. Petersburg Times says that Of all Democrats, U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd should be safe, but he’s not
Each morning as he heads out on the campaign trail, an increasingly bleak and hostile landscape, U.S. Rep. Allen Boyd must ask himself, “Why me?”
Democrats are under siege everywhere, but during 14 years in office, Boyd has carved a profile as a conservative “Blue Dog,” comfortable in an increasingly Republican North Florida. He has never faced a close election.
Last week, he got the endorsement of the NRA and before that, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. If anyone should feel at ease in this turbulent midterm election cycle, it is Boyd.
There is one group that doesn’t think highly of him – Democrats. That is his problem, his negatives with Democratic voters. He barely squeaked out a win in the first primary challenge he has faced in years, and the people who voted against him in the primary won’t vote for him in the general.
Boyd voted for drilling on the coast. Does he think people don’t remember that? There is a good reason the US Chamber of Multinational Corporations Commerce endorsed him, and the real Democrats don’t like it.
I hope the funeral director from Panama City kicks Boyd’s butt thoroughly, and not just by a squeaker. I hope all of the Blue Dogs get their butts kicked. If the Dems won’t clean house, the voters will. It’s still true – given the choice between a Republican running as a Republican and a Republican running as a Democrat, they’ll pick the Republican every time.
