A big question is this: What of the so-called Blue Dogs? These are Members who ran as moderate and some as somewhat conservative. If they are for real they will work with Republicans to defeat the leftist challenge. Years ago Representative Joe Waggoner (D-LA) had an organization comparable to the Blue Dogs. He had around 45 Members upon whom he absolutely could count. His count went as high as 82 on some votes. I coordinated victorious coalitions with him. The same would be more possible today. A sizeable part of the GOP Caucus then was somewhat liberal. Those Members would not vote with us. We had just enough conservative Republicans when combined with Waggoner's Democrats that we drove the Administration crazy. If the President-elect as President tilts left it will be a real test to see if the Blue Dogs are for real.