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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...policy issue, from drilling in Alaska (for it) to the recent Wall Street bailout (against it); the only real contrast was that Childers is a proud country boy, a real estate agent from rural Booneville, while Davis is a more stilted suburbanite, the mayor of the bedroom community of Southaven. By recruiting candidates who depart from party orthodoxy but are more in line with conservative districts, Pelosi's team has expanded the Democrats' appeal in long-hostile territory. Childers actually runs strongest in rural towns that support John McCain but resent growing Memphis, Tenn., suburbs like Southaven. That presents dilemmas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blue Dog Democrats on the Prowl | 10/23/2008 | See Source »

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