U.S. Rep. Mike Ross is just tickled to be getting a ton of Capitol Hill coverage for the hints he’s dropping that the decimated Blue Dog caucus may throw in with Republicans on spending cuts that would reduce jobs and harm the economy in the name of the Tea Party agenda. OK, fine. But for Ross to call what he wants centrist is yet another abuse of the language.

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