According to OpenSecrets.org, Rep. Allen Boyd, a Blue Dog Democrat Representing District 2, which includes Tallahassee, is a top recipient of dollars from health interests. Although Boyd barely had opposition of 2008, he received $55,747 from pharmaceuticals and $48,750 from insurance interests.
Boyd's opponent in 2008 barely raised $5,000 total, and Boyd got 62.5% of the vote. Florida District 2 leans Democratic, obviously, and it would appear Boyd thinks he has a free hand and can do whatever he wishes.
But FCAN believes there should be some accountability. Boyd, as a member of the Blue Dog coalition in Congress, recently suggested he might not support President Obama's health care proposals. Here's his quote from CNN:
When a questioner, Ray Evans, said he believed the President wants to do too much at once and asked whether Boyd would “be willing to scrap everything” and start over to do pursue reform more incrementally, the congressman responded: “I think that is an excellent idea … we may end up there.”
With a strongly Democratic district, even Boyd's millions in corporate campaign contributions might not be enough to protect him from a more liberal opponent. Our job at FCAN, will be to let people know that Boyd is undercutting a very popular Democratic President and seems to be following the interests of his campaign contributors rather than his constituents.
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