Who are the potential switchers in the Senate?

[Tiggeroshii]

Can anybody think of any? Are Snowe and Collins possible? Is Specter considered a potential switch?

[danalytical]

1. No they won't switch parties

but they will vote with us now that they are out from under the thummb of the majority.

[onenote]

2. none of them

[scarletwoman]

3. Lieberman? (nt)

[stepnw1f]

7. He Switched 6 Years Ago...

Had to switch again to get re-elected by republicans and DLC Neo-Con ass-kissers.

[scarletwoman]

11. Yeah, but think about it. If he switched to Republican, he'd totally screw up the

Dem Senate majority -- Cheney would once again have the tie-breaking vote.

I have no idea if he'd do such a thing, but I do wonder if there's any sort of temptation and/or pressure going on behind the scenes. After all, the Republicans were his most reliable allies this past election...

sw

[stepnw1f]

13. To Be Honest... I Can Live with That

no more sleeping with folks who compromise the party.

[melody]

17. He'd never be trusted by the Repubs and he'd be hated by the Dems

Lieberman is narrow-minded and self-centered, but he's not stupid. Not that stupid anyway.

[liberalnurse]

4. I can see it now in the New York Times front page.....

Lieberman switches over to the the Democratic Party!:rofl:

[jmowreader]

5. No names, but we could pick up quite a few

Remember that after we lost Congress in 1994, several Democrats crossed the aisle. (Ben Nighthorse Campbell comes to mind for some reason.)

Republicans have better party discipline, but we could pick up a few. I would love to see nine senators cross over--this would give us the 60 seats we need to pass fiscal legislation without counting on Republicans.

[Tiggeroshii]

15. Senators though?

Were there SEnators that switched parties after 94 too? I was only aware of the congressmen that switched.

[jmowreader]

18. There were two

Richard Shelby switched the day after the election, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell switched some time later.

I don't know if we can get eight, but two or three is doable.

[Kerrytravelers]

6. Personally, I don't see them switching.

And, quite frankly, there is a need for a few sensible rethugs.

However, wouldn't it be funny is Lieberman came back?

[splat]

8. Chafee n/t

[ShaneGR]

9. Chafee lost.... theres only 7 moderate Republicans left...

None of them will switch.

[splat]

10. Today, Chafee is Senator in the sitting Congress n/t

[Doctor_J]

12. Suzy Q and Snowe aren't going to switch

They might vote like sane people now though. Especially Olympia.

[geniph]

14. Specter's made some noises about it

I imagine there'd be a nice committee chairmanship in it for him. He's already been talking about how the Republican party has moved away from its center out into the lunatic fringes.

[etherealtruth]

16. He certainly is correct about that!

[Jacobin]

19. I think quite a few will vote our way if they want to keep their seats

Handwriting is on the wall.

But party defections, I don't know of any