The Blue Dog Democrats fancy themselves as fiscal conservatives. It is those other Democrats, they tell us, who are responsible for all the debt, the out-of-control spending, etc. Chris Chocola of the Club for Growth says that this is bunk:

In the House of Representatives, the 54 members of the Blue Dog Coalition are the self-described fiscal conservatives in the Democratic caucus. Unfortunately, the description doesn’t fit. …

[T]he Blue Dogs became Mrs. Pelosi’s lap dogs, voting with her 80% of the time on economic issues. Every one of them voted for the bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Sixty-three percent voted for the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program; 91% voted for the stimulus package in February 2009; 85% voted for the cash-for-clunkers program; 74% voted for President Obama’s debt-tripling 2010 budget; 73% voted for the auto bailout; and 54% voted for the federal takeover of health care.

But now their voting records have caught up with them, and it is precisely these Democrats who are at extreme risk in the midterms. You hear pundits bemoan how the “moderate” Democrats will be lost, leaving the party controlled by the extreme left. Listen, that’s been the story for a while now. Had they pushed back against Nancy Pelosi, neither they nor their party would be headed for a thumping. It seems that the Blue Dogs’ obedience to their liberal leaders may cost them their political careers.