RootsAction: Progressives in Name Only

This group is targeting some members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) for primaries from actual progressives. They are: Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.), Donald Norcross (D-N.J.), Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.), Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), Darren Soto (D-Fla.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.).

Despite the CPC's new rules which attempt to cull its progressives in name only, they are not strict enough to accomplish that goal. So RootsAction is exposing the voting records of the above as decidedly not progressive and supports true progressives to run against them. Yes, it is a purity test of sorts and a necessary one if the CPC is to live up to its name and represent we the people instead of corporate interests.