Republican pollster Ed Goeas points out there are already three dozen so-called blue dog Democrats who will be returning to Congress, and they may or may not toethepartyline.
"I want my party to stand for something, " he said, complaining that his colleagues failed to toetheparty platform line on issues such as international policy, gun control and abortion.
Mr Blair's demand that Labour's contingent in any Scottish parliament toethe national party's line on tax also seems to misunderstand how the Edinburgh parliament is supposed to operate.