Definitely get you re-elected

John King went poking around in the district of a Blue Dog Democrat, Walt Minnick of Idaho. The theory is that Blue Dogs are voting centrist to conservative to woo the GOP citizens in their districts. King says the attempt will backfire. Though many Blue Dogs vote more conservatively than fellow GOP congresscritters, they are still Dems and the conservative citizens simply will not vote for someone with a D after their name. Doing so still leaves the liberal Dems in power. Those conservative votes are also annoying the more liberal Dem citizens who got the Blue Dog into office. One side won't ever vote for you, the other side is feeling betrayed. Great strategy for re-election.