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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSchumer needs Murkowski to leave GOP and become an Independent.
And caucus with Dems. Shes pro-choice so that wouldnt burden her.
She has to know that history will not be kind to Trump and McConnells enablers.
still_one
(92,061 posts)luv2fly
(2,475 posts)I don't know enough about her support in Alaska to know how that would be received?
drray23
(7,615 posts)an election ago, she ran as a write in having lost the gop primary. she won.
Walleye
(30,977 posts)She doesnt really need the GOP.
jcgoldie
(11,612 posts)...after losing the Republican primary. So one would think its not an incredible stretch.
spooky3
(34,403 posts)I don't think she will leave them now. But he may be able to win her (and Romney, and possibly others) over on a few specific pieces of legislation.
blm
(113,008 posts)Deals get made.
spooky3
(34,403 posts)TwilightZone
(25,426 posts)She's made that quite clear.
dubyadiprecession
(5,678 posts)We can also assure her, we wont take our lives out on her by storming the capital, if she doesnt vote all the time for President Bidens agenda.
blm
(113,008 posts)drmeow
(5,012 posts)Especially her direct constituents!
kentuck
(111,052 posts)She likes that game.
blm
(113,008 posts)spooky3
(34,403 posts)expect the same treatment.
Budi
(15,325 posts)About becoming an Indy since she no longer recognizes her Repub Party.
Maybe she will yet. I don't see the Republican brand emerging clean anytime soon.
They'd have to do a whole lot of scrubbing & the weight of DJTrump will be hanging around their necks for a long time.
LeftInTX
(25,117 posts)The moderate Republican says shell never join Chuck Schumers caucus.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/murkowski-party-switch-461341
blm
(113,008 posts)the info on the Republicans who abetted the insurrection, and realizes that a massacre was the desired result.
captain queeg
(10,089 posts)Both sides trying their best to influence her, seems like not a bad situation for someone to be in.
Liberty Belle
(9,533 posts)and give Dems a majority in the Senate.
As an independent she could caucus with either party, or none.
Of course she'd get better perks by caucusing with Dems, but any switch by her to become an independent would shift the balance of power away from Reps, since they would lose a member, regardless of whether Dems gain one or not.
msfiddlestix
(7,270 posts)Lisa got the deal she made with Mitch or Trump or whoever it was she was guaranteed that earmark for her project in Anchorage.
I also thought maybe Romney. but if we just had Lisa that would nail it.