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- noun US, politics A member of the Blue Dog Coalition, founded in 1994, of conservative and moderate members of the Democratic Party.
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Examples
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The political term Blue Dog is a play on Yellow Dog Democrat.
Charlie Crist is the diversity candidate? NRSC FAIL - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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But before he can take on the Putnam clone the GOP is putting up in November, he needs to beat a reactionary Blue Dog, Lori Edwards, being financed by the same Blue Dog caucus that has wreaked so much havoc on Obama's agenda for change this past year.
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Bayh's political philosophy was proven disastrously wrong when half of his Blue Dog caucus of conservative Democratic Congressional members lost their seats.
Bil Browning: What Democrats Can Learn From Indiana's Election Results Bil Browning 2010
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Bayh's political philosophy was proven disastrously wrong when half of his Blue Dog caucus of conservative Democratic Congressional members lost their seats.
Bil Browning: What Democrats Can Learn From Indiana's Election Results Bil Browning 2010
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This is the real Blue Dog fiscal legacy, because Speaker Pelosi couldn't have passed all of this without them.
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We were just as tired of it five months ago when folks like Blue Dog, Kefa, Colonpowow and DCShungu were gleefully deriding us in precisely the same terms.
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At the Blue Dog in Baltimore I once did a show for no one.
Last Words George Carlin 2009
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He is a member of the Blue Dog caucus, made up of fiscally conservative Democrats.
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They need to make up the votes by persuading Blue Dog and other centrist Democrats who voted no for the original bill to vote yes this time.
The New Republic - All Feed Jonathan Chait 2010
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He is a member of the Blue Dog caucus, made up of fiscally conservative Democrats.
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