A Glance at the Dissent
For those curious about Rep. Brian Baird’s vote to break with his party, the New York Times created a couple of graphics today which help to illustrate just how much of an aberration Baird was.
This map, graphically detailing the nation’s no and yes votes, shows the overwhelmingly rural make-up of the health care bill’s opponents.
Meanwhile this chart goes into a little further detail, and reveals Baird to be one of just three no-voting, non-freshman Democrats whose districts were carried by Obama and aren’t part of the Blue Dog coalition. The others are Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) and Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio), arguably the most liberal member in the House.
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