Full Version: More GOP Defections
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/21/18399/417 And this won't be the last.
I'm glad that some people are beginning to see the light!
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/11/21/18399/417
"Watch for GOP defections
by kos
Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 03:42:28 PM PST
Connecticut state Rep. Diana Urban abandons dying New England GOP two weeks after being reelected as a Republican.
More proof that New England Republicans are in danger of taking up permanent residence at the margins comes this morning when a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives switches from Republican to Democrat. North Stonington Republican Diana Urban, elected to a fourth term two weeks ago, often voted with Democrats in the legislature. Her departure from the ranks of the GOP reduces their number to 44 of 151.
This won't be the last Republican to switch parties over the next couple of years.
Party defections decimated Democrats in the South a few decades ago. Now, it's Republicans' turn."
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"Watch for GOP defections
by kos
Tue Nov 21, 2006 at 03:42:28 PM PST
Connecticut state Rep. Diana Urban abandons dying New England GOP two weeks after being reelected as a Republican.
More proof that New England Republicans are in danger of taking up permanent residence at the margins comes this morning when a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives switches from Republican to Democrat. North Stonington Republican Diana Urban, elected to a fourth term two weeks ago, often voted with Democrats in the legislature. Her departure from the ranks of the GOP reduces their number to 44 of 151.
This won't be the last Republican to switch parties over the next couple of years.
Party defections decimated Democrats in the South a few decades ago. Now, it's Republicans' turn."
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only Joe LIeberman has switched the other way.
When one day he might want to return, the door should be locked shut.
When one day he might want to return, the door should be locked shut.
Yet, Lieberman requested to still be considered a democrat, so on paper he has not switched to the GOP.
QUOTE(Smartcor @ Nov 25 2006, 07:43 PM)
Yet, Lieberman requested to still be considered a democrat, so on paper he has not switched to the GOP.
He only agreed to caucus with Dems. That makes 51/49, so Dems get all the committee chairs. If he went Rep, leaving 50/50, chairs would have been split. His price is one of those chairs.
After Jan 4, all bets are off.
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