The progressive reaction to Obama’s tax cut deal seems to be starting. Howie Klein has just announced that no House Democrat who voted Yes to the tax cut package will be allowed to fund-raise through Blue America. Klein (my emphasis):

Any Member of the outgoing 111th Congress wondering if they should apply for reelection help from Blue America for the 2012 midterms can consult this page from the House Clerk’s official roll call on the Obama/McConnell job-killing/economy devastating tax giveaway to millionaires and billionaires. Any incumbent who voted YES– and there were 139 Democrats who went along with this Conservative Consensus travesty— should save themselves the trouble and the inevitable rejection of even asking for help. Get your payoffs from the millionaires and billionaires. …

Sure you have your right-of-center political hacks like Jason Altmire (Blue Dog-PA), Suzanne Kosmas (FL), John Barrow (Blue Dog-GA), Zach Space (Blue Dog-OH), Melissa Bean (IL), Gabby Giffords (Blue Dog-AZ), Tom Perriello (VA), Artur Davis (AL), Heath Shuler (Blue Dog-NC), Baron Hill (Blue Dog-IN), Dan Boren (Blue Dog-OK), Jane Harman (Blue Dog-CA), Steve Israel (NY), the new head of the DCCC, Travis Childers (Blue Dog-MS), Ike Skelton (MO), Jim Marshall (Blue Dog-GA)… all the regular slime always eager to sell out working families on behalf of Big Business. But there are also many– too many– moderates and liberals who went along with the austerity shock doctrine.

It was very sad and disheartening to see progressive allies like Jan Schakowsky (IL), Melissa Schwartz (PA), Dennis Kucinich (OH), Chaka Fattah (PA), Dave Loebsack (IA), Niki Tsongas (MA), Paul Hodes (NH), Lois Capps (CA), Andre Carson (IN), John Sarbanes (MD) and others voting with Blue Dogs, ConservaDems and 138 right-wing Republicans to doom the American middle class.