Politico tweet: Rep. Parker Griffith (D-AL) switching to Republican party today

[TheWebHead]

http://twitter.com/politico

Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce this afternoon that he’s switching parties to become a Republican.

ADDED: Back in August:
In a statement likely to intensify the GOP assault on Speaker Nancy Pelosi's reign, a first-term Democratic "blue dog" congressman said that he would not vote to make her the top House Democrat again. Rep. Parker Griffith, a former oncologist from Alabama, told a town hall meeting this week that Pelosi is too divisive to be speaker. "I would not vote for her ," he added. "Someone that divisive and that polarizing cannot bring us together."

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2009/08/25/blue-dog-democrat-pelosi-is-too-divisive-to-be-speaker

[Barack_America]

1. Why bother with the rigmarole?

Republicans seem to be more than welcome in the Democratic party.

[onenote]

2. not a big surprise

While Griffith's district hasn't elected a repub to congress since the dawn of time, it also hasn't voted for a Democrat for president in over 30 years and every county in the district went for McCain over Obama. Griffith only won with 52 percent of the vote, so shifting over the repub side is his way of making sure he gets reelected.

[Goldstein1984]

3. Many might as well be Republican

[marmar]

4. Don't let the doorknob hit ya......

nt

[Kansas Wyatt]

5. So a republican in the Democratic Party...

Sees the REAL change coming with the Democratic Party's resurrection of the Republican Party?

[AlinPA]

6. "...bring us together." What a crock of shit. They don't want anything of the kind. nt

[SoCalDem]

7. One of Emanuel's recruits?

Most of the D's from conservative areas are DINOs at best.. I'd rather they show their true colors BEFORE people vote for them

Good riddance, Parker

[UTUSN]

8. He was prolly a Rethug to begin with. n/t

[Bonn1997]

11. Yeah this was probably his plan all along

[derby378]

9. HELP WANTED: Alabama Democrats seek same for public office

Hope someone's throwing their hat into the ring right now.

[BlueIdaho]

10. Wanker.

[Ikonoklast]

12. CYALTR TRTR

Good Riddance To Bad Rubbish.