This piece of political analysis helps explain why Bob Shrum is 0 for life in presidential races.

In a nutshell, Shrum says Blue Dogs would have fared better in 1994 if they had embraced HillaryCare and that Creigh Deeds would be more competitive in Virginia today if he'd just man up, stop acting like a moderate and embrace Nancy Pelosi's, Harry Reid's, and Barack Obama's plan for health care.

Yep, that'll surely do the trick - even though as Chris Cillizza points out a majority of voters (53%) oppose the proposed changes to the health care system, and 44% strongly oppose them.

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