A PITY IN THE MAKING. Moderate Democrats may be headed for extinction.

Congressman Vic Snyder, (D-AK) has announced he is not running for reelection this year.

Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) will not seek reelection next year.... Gordon joins Reps. Dennis Moore (D-KS.), John Tanner (D-TN) and Brian Baird (D-WA) in announcing his retirement in recent weeks. Also, Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) announced that he will resign early to run for governor.

Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE) was booed after dinner out at a pizza parlor in Omaha. I suspect he’s headed for eventual defeat in 2012 unless he redeems himself by voting against final passage of Obamacare.

Maybe Nelson can be that "one brave Democrat" the nation needs.