No Payoff for Bucking Party Leaders

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may not be very popular, but a National Journal analysis shows that neither are the House Democrats who tried to distance themselves from her.

Cases in point: "Democrats who voted against health care reform are more than twice as likely to be in a tough race as those who supported it: 22 of the 34 Democrats who voted against health care reform are in trouble, according to Cook, compared to 55 of the 219 who supported the bill."

"Similarly, Democrats who opposed the House climate-change bill are nearly three times as likely to be fighting for their jobs as are those who supported it: 29 of the 43 Democrats who opposed the bill to tax carbon emissions are vulnerable, while only 48 of the 210 who supported it are."

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