(R) Shunning Is Grist for 2006 (D) House Candidates

Someone with a little bit of web space needs to document all instances of House Republicans stripped of power or denied appropriations. Such a list will be the grist for Democratic House candidates in 2006.

Here is one of the first entries for 21 Republicans:

Courtesy of Josh Marshall:
Istook derails earmarks

Democratic House candidates running against such incumbents could use this list to show how powerless their opponents are even in a Republican-controlled House. Such a list will show that constituent voices will be ignored as long as the Republican incumbent remains in the seat. And any of these Republicans' capitulations to House leadership can prove to voters that their representative isn't really moderate.

Catch-22 is in the House for moderate Republicans!