Republican state senator joins Democratic Party

[gatorboy]

http://ap.ardmoreite.com/pstories/state/ok/20060803/77090196.shtml

OKLAHOMA CITY — Republican state Sen. Nancy Riley, complaining there is no room in her party for moderates, switched to the Democratic Party Thursday and threw a new obstacle at GOP hopes of taking control of the Senate for the first time in state history.

Riley, flanked by a half dozen Democratic Senate leaders, announced her change in party allegiance while criticizing Senate Republicans for what she said was their "lack of compassion for people" and for ignoring her and other political moderates.

"The moderate Republican has been pushed aside for the extreme right wing," Riley said. Riley, a member of the Senate's GOP leadership team who holds the title of minority whip, said she has received no support among Republicans in the state Senate.

[davidwparker]

1. Yippie. I added a comment to this on HuffPo. It's true, there is no voice

for moderates. With the Rethugs walking in lockstep, there is only one voice.

[Joy Anne]

2. Great news for the weekend

Thanks for telling us. I think a lot of decent Republicans are pondering that move.

[wanpete]

3. nice to hear, especially since here, so many dems switched over to the

thug side when * was in his heyday. It's like poetic justice for them all!

[Zorra]

4. Another lost soul abandons the dark side and moves into the

light.
:toast:

[opihimoimoi]

5. Bout time...What took so long? Welcome aboard...... :o)