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Congress: The End of the Middle

 

Updated: March 1, 2011 | 1:50 p.m.
March 1, 2011 | 12:23 p.m.

National Journal's vote ratings reveal a sharp divide between red voting on the right and blue voting on the left. Only 10 lawmakers have voting records that overlap with the opposing party, and they're all in the House. Eight of the 10 moderates lost their seats in November. We take a look at the fading embers of a centrist era gone by.

Moderate Rep. Michael Castle, R-Del. left his seat to run for the Senate. He lost in the primary to tea-party backed Christine O'Donnell.


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