The Blue Dogs

[mtbc]

These days I don't seem to hear much about the Blue Dog Coalition. It is plausible that the Democrats will regain the Senate on Hillary's coattails. I'd expect it likely that Hillary would then make many important judicial appointments over the next couple of years but one thing not much mentioned is that I don't think she would exactly have carte blanche: despite straight-ticket voters a few of the new senators would probably be carefully looking ahead for retaining their seats next time around when Trump isn't the alternative.

(I wonder if judicial appointments are much help in reducing the House's gerrymandering in the 2020 redistricting.)