The inability and/or unwillingness of Congressional Democrats to end U.S. involvement in Iraq has been frustrating for the antiwar left, to say they least. They’ve threatened and pleaded, and sent out thousands of ‘action alerts,’ all designed to force Democrats in Washington to do something to end the war. But after all the cajoling, not much was accomplished. The Democratic leadership ultimately decided that it would be too politically damaging to cut off funds for troops in the field. Angry at the loss on Iraq, as well as a FISA vote that many liberals considered a betrayal, they began to organize primary challenges to sitting House Democrats. The blog OpenLeft has been one of the leaders in promoting primary challenges to ‘Bush Dog’ Democrats, and the site Democrats.com has been tracking them as they materialize. So far, there seems to be relatively little real activity. Congressional Quarterly profiles what may be the most serious challenge to a sitting Democrat so far:
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