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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:05 AM
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you may not remember it you young scamps
but during the reagan years, when the GOP took over the congress, there were a number of dems who rather than fight the tide, changed parties to retain their seats.
i see another sweeping takeover on the horizon
and i want to ask
which current GOP members of either house do you feel will switch parties if this happens?
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:06 AM
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1. Shays. Collins.
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:07 AM
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2. hey there
i got some panties in a twist the other day huh?
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mrreowwr_kittty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:09 AM
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3. You did indeed!
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:14 AM
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5. i think most were pretwisted tho
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rox63 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 09:04 AM
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13. I don't see Collins changing parties
But I wouldn't be suprised to see Olympia Snowe change parties.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:10 AM
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4. Certainly not Lieberman. NT
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 12:10 AM by fiziwig
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:19 AM
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6. Phil Gramm in 1983
And Dick Shelby switched to Republican the day after they won the Senate in 1994. How principled.
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villager Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:39 AM
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8. And let us not forget Ben Nightmare Campbell...
n/t
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Ichingcarpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 10:15 AM
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15. Damn did he pissed me off, we felt terribly betrayed by him
When he was first running he pushed himself as almost a progressive.
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:15 PM
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18. that was despicable. I was totally disgusted by his actions.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 12:23 AM
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7. Arnold, maybe
:shrug:
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RNdaSilva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:41 AM
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10. Arnold is not a member of either "house."
However, his better half oould possibly effect a switch here. No longer a divided house...the Arnold house that is.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 10:12 AM
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14. Well yeah, I know he's not a member of either "house"
:P
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:08 PM
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17. The Governator is up against our stupid term limits. Changing parties won't help him electorally. nt
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RNdaSilva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 01:38 AM
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9. Are you a young scamp?
Remember, Ronald Reagan was originally a Democrat.

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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 02:16 AM
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11. As were many of the Southern Republicans
Edited on Fri Jul-18-08 02:17 AM by depakid
still others might as well have been (they gave us Thomas and Scalia, for example).

Don't think the party needs more folks like them.
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SwampG8r Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 11:28 AM
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16. i am a geezer
and i did know about reagan and his switch
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charlyvi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-18-08 08:56 AM
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12. James Inhofe.
Gotcha!
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