Right On The Right

Members of the Nutroots aren't happy with their slim Democrat majority, which may very well have no choice but continue to support the surge, given a positive report from General Petraeus. So, instead of worrying about expanding their lead in 2008, they want to incite a riot within the party by "purging" the Blue Dog Democrats. They're even calling them "Bush Dog" Democrats. Cadillac Tight has the coverage:

That makes this another netroots war against regions of the country that elect these Democrats precisely because they are Blue Dogs. It’s obvious when you read netroots diaries that there is a lot of disdain for and rage against Democratic voters who don’t identify with the progressive movement, and efforts like this one by Stoller and Bowers (Northeastern liberals both) only serve to highlight that disdain and rage.

The regional war he's talking about has to do with the fact that they're targeting mainly Southern and Southwestern Democrats. Southern Democrats tend to be more Conservative because they're in the Bible Belt and Southwestern Dems are Conservative on issues like immigration (most of the time). Left of Ohio, which appears to be a moderate-left Dem blog from my state, is mad that they also target Ohio Democrats Charlie Wilson and Zack Space. Ya, this Zack Space:

Charlie Wilson only got elected because of a rather catchy jingle that was ran over and over again on local radio stations by the DCCC. I happen to sit just north of his district and I heard the ad at least two dozen times prior to the 2006 primaries. My suggestion to the RNC? Despite some vast differences on some key issues, open the doors to the Blue Dogs to cross party lines should they receive primary challenges, especially the few in solidly blue districts (like Wilson and some folks they mention from Illinois). They could be some easy GOP pickups.