Former Republican AG Grant Woods re-registers as Democrat

[StarryNite]

Former Republican AG Grant Woods re-registers as Democrat
Aldo Vazquez
9:38 PM, Nov 11, 2018
10:13 PM, Nov 11, 2018

PHOENIX - Grant Woods, the former chief of staff for the late Senator John McCain, and the former two-term attorney general is now a registered Democrat telling KTAR that President Trump and the divisive rhetoric of the GOP is what sparked his decision to make the switch.

“I feel the party left me, and again I was always willing to fight it out within the party,” Woods told KTAR’s "Think Tank."

Woods, saying he likes the direction the Democratic Party is heading and feels the Republican Party has moved away from the principles it once boasted.


[link:https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/former-republican-ag-grant-woods-re-registers-as-democrat|

[Bfd]

1. Yup. They all wanna be a Democrat when they've no where else to go

[Blue_true]

18. He is saying the right thing.

He likes the direction the Democratic Party is headed, he thinks his old party is now insane. We should welcome people like that.

[UniteFightBack]

19. We do welcome people like that !

[lilactime]

2. Did he sleep through Sarah Palin?

[Blue_true]

21. A lot of those people come from generations of republicans.

I live around a few of that type. They have had concerns about their party's direction for a long time, but they literally need a hot poker shoved up their asses to make a change.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

3. "Republican Party has moved away from the principles it once boasted"

[Afromania]

4. I know, right...

[marybourg]

5. Not surprised.

[lindysalsagal]

6. Now that's an important piece of information.

That's not exactly NYC or Boston, full of young voters. If the retirees will not sustain the gop there, will it anywhere????

[Bradshaw3]

7. He did a great commercial for Sinema

He should be appreciated.

[StarryNite]

8. I agree!

[Cha]

9. And, that bit of news gave

me chills!

Mahalo, StarryNite

[StarryNite]

10. Hi Cha!

It's good news. I don't understand why some people aren't encouraged by this kind of news. Arizona is my state and I'm happy about this. The more that turn away from the Repub party and join the Democrats the better, I say! Woods might wind up competing with Martha McNasty for the McCain/Kyle Senate seat in 2020.

Grant Woods ‘doing everything’ to set up for potential 2020 Senate run


[link:http://ktar.com/story/2309980/grant-woods-doing-everything-to-set-up-for-potential-2020-senate-run/|

[Cha]

14. It is good news! To me

it's living proof that the trump fascists are so bad that some repubs are left with no choice but to get the hell outta there.. and that means more voters for Democracy!

Thank you, Jeff Flake, for retiring.

[AlexSFCA]

11. nope, republicans started implementing their principles

instead of just talking; and some within the party don’t like the results, lol
they’ve been preaching all this though: tax cuts, repeal obamacare, privatize SS and Medicare, no minimum wage increase, deregulate, etc. And suddently some repubs no longer think it’s a good idea after preaching it for years.

[Autumn]

12. Your party moved away from the principles it once boasted and you waited 30 years to switch?

Tough shit. You helped them go crazy, deal with them and change it.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. And what are these principles he longs for? Regan era tax cuts?

Union busting? Erosion of the separation between church and state? Tax cuts for business and wealthy?

I mean, it’s all well and good he’s embarrassed about the clown in The Oval - he should be. But maybe he should fix his own party. That would be nice

[Autumn]

15. He's a proud moderate republican. He should build on that.

This shit is not acceptable to me.

[StarryNite]

16. So you're saying nobody should be allowed to switch parties?

Arizona has more registered Repubs than Democrats. If more Repubs want to change parties, and leave the dark side for the light, I consider that a good thing.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. Sure. If he says he wants to fight income inequality, renounce supply side economics and ...

.... see the error of his ways re the separation of church and state, I’m all for the old switcheroo .

If he still longs for his “principles” of his old party, I would prefer he stays where he is. If he’s only switching because the toxicity and embarrassment of his party makes it too difficult to win, then I would prefer he stays away.

[Blue_true]

22. He said that he likes the direction that our party is going in.

The guy is an experienced politician, I would think that he knows how to read party platforms or watch politicians make policy pronouncements. That said, if he likes our direction, he likes the cumulative of that direction.

[UniteFightBack]

20. Now that I do declare is a change for the better ! nt