Rob Andrews isn't my favorite Congressman. In fact, as a constituent of his, I was delighted when he announced that he was abandoning his seat in order to challenge Senator Lautenberg in the 2008 election, only to see him come crawling back to the First District after being defeated in the primary and win reelection to the House by a landslide. So even though I'm stuck with him at least until January 2011, that doesn't mean I have to systematically disagree with everything he says.
In an interview with DC Air America host and MSNBC commentator Jack Rice, Andrews points out that the most important thing that the Democratic Party can do right now is to get their own Blue Dog members under control and convince them to vote along party lines on the health care bills floating around in the House. Despite being a moderate and fiscal conservative, Andrews backs President Obama on the public option and a national health care plan. If he keeps up this work I might have to swallow my pride and vote him back to the House next year.
Listen to the interview here.
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