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To: JDN who wrote (147627)	5/23/2001 9:06:58 AM
From: Scumbria	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

JDN, Several Dems switched to Reps under Reagan/Bush/Clinton. Did that upset you? Scumbria

To: JDN who wrote (147627)	5/23/2001 9:18:57 AM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

In the last 15 years or so, there have a been a number of Democratic members of Congress, and at least one Senator, who has switched parties. I imagine that Jeffords will become an independent to minimize voter backlash. I am not sure that being an independent in Vermont is going to hurt him much. Also, he is 67 and was just reelected last year to a new six year term, so he may not be all that concerned about getting reelected again. Maybe doing the right thing actually matters to him more.

To: JDN who wrote (147627)	5/23/2001 10:08:21 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

JDN, For some, unfathomable, reason, a Senator, or Representative, can just pick up his marbles and go from one side of the aisle, to the other, without any elective process. A case in point of the right way to do it, is when Phil Gramm from Texas, resigned from Congress as a Democrat, went back to Texas, and ran for the office as a Republican, and won by a landslide. If there were a proper dose of honor in Congress, that is the way all of them would do it. ~;=;o --haqi