Dogs In The Manger

I've been convinced for a couple of years now that Republicans are so well-organized as to even have their bots run as Democrats, getting themselves elected, thus providing them with unfettered access to Democratic offices, conferences and strategy sessions, and then report back to the Red Meanies. Joe Lieberman, a.k.a., Mr. Mashed-Potato Face, of course, is just the alpha dog in the manger, i.e., now that Zell Miller is retired to challenging strangers on the street to duels.

But Henry Cueller, D-TX, 28th District (w/the "D" to be accepted advisedly), in case you hadn't heard, is a real piece of hard cheese:

In Washington, Democrats say they will monitor Cuellar's votes before deciding how warmly to embrace a man who calls himself pro-gun, pro-free trade, anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage. Several House Democrats, hearing rumors that Cuellar might switch parties, took the unusual step of asking him to confirm his party loyalty.

With Democrats like these, who needs enemies? Is why I'm now joining the tidal wave of endorsements for his opponent Ciro Rodriguez.

Kos & Firedoglake (<-- dig the pic!) both blog on this foul bit of business, where it evidently has forged significant inroads, much akin to paying members of the media to parrot the GOP line (oddly enough, something they'd be doing without the payola).
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Update 2/3/06: More On Ciro Rodriguez, courtesy of Daily Kos.