red dogs and blue dogs

[Ken Gargett]

query for our american brethren. have been hearing references in the political sphere to red dogs and blue dogs. assumed it just a way of referring to republicans and democrats but it seems limited to the health debate. is that correct or does it mean something else?

[tsolomon]

The Blue Dogs are a group of fiscally conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives. See link

http://www.house.gov/melancon/BlueDogs/

I don't think there is a Red Dog group.

[Ken Gargett]

The Blue Dogs are a group of fiscally conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives. See link

http://www.house.gov/melancon/BlueDogs/

I don't think there is a Red Dog group.

ta for that. could have sworn i heard reference to red dogs but perhaps imagined it.

[tsolomon]

ta for that. could have sworn i heard reference to red dogs but perhaps imagined it.

I think they joke about why aren't there any Red Dog republicans, but would they be non-fiscally conservatives or liberals?

[sounddust]

I think they joke about why aren't there any Red Dog republicans, but would they be non-fiscally conservatives or liberals?

The one in your avatar are infinitely more preferable than any politician.

[sloth]

I think I saw some red dogs in the super market...

[wdh]

query for our american brethren. have been hearing references in the political sphere to red dogs and blue dogs. assumed it just a way of referring to republicans and democrats but it seems limited to the health debate. is that correct or does it mean something else?

Ken - you've rec'd copious answers re Blue Dog Democrats. I've not heard the term Red Dog before. One you didn't mention that has a longer and more colorful (pun intended) history is "Yellow Dog Democrats". I quote a paragraph from Wikipedia below; the whole entry is worth a read as well http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_dog_Democrat

From Wikipedia: The term Yellow Dog Democrats was applied to U.S. Southern voters who voted solely for Democratic candidates because Abraham Lincoln was the Republican president who led the Union against the Confederacy, and so implies that they would "vote for a yellow dog before they would vote for any Republican". Currently, the term is now more generally applied to refer to any Democrat who will vote a straight Party ticket under any circumstances

Cheers -- bill

[anacostiakat]

query for our american brethren. have been hearing references in the political sphere to red dogs and blue dogs. assumed it just a way of referring to republicans and democrats but it seems limited to the health debate. is that correct or does it mean something else?

No such thing as a red dog in political parlance.

I am an old dog. But I still know how to bury the bone. . .

[CigarmanTim]

American politician fiscally conservative = oxymoron......... like drunks in a liquor store