All we need is TWO (2) GOP patriotic Senators to switch parties right now, BEFORE the GA runoff.

[Boogiemack]

Then we could have a thriving economy once again, a really good chance to know COVID out, a surge in good paying jobs, worker protections, and dismantling of CITIZENS UNITED. The GA runoff would just be icing on the cake and the two GOP Senators changing parties would be heroes who save our country from fascism.

[samnsara]

1. ive been waiting.....

[liberalmuse]

2. I don't know if there are any patriots left in the GOP.

But it's a wonderful dream and I wish it would happen, too.

[Jerry2144]

3. The last patriotic R

The last patriotic Republican Senator was John McCain. There are none left, all are now Repugnant.

[DFW]

4. The trouble is.........

WHO?

The only two who would even come close that I could think of are named Lisa and Murkowski, and somehow that doesn't quite add up to where we would need to be.

[Funtatlaguy]

5. Murkowski and Sasse should be approached this way.

Ask them to caucus with the Dems for a short period only.
Just one or two years to get us past COVID-19.
Odds are very much against this happening.
But, they’d be the only two that would even remotely consider this.

[irisblue]

8. Sasse is going to run for POTUS on the republican side in 2024

[comradebillyboy]

11. Sasse isn't a big enough asshole to win the Pukes nomination.

[JanMichael]

13. ha! He's an asshole but just a big one. Gawd they have fallen. nt

[lame54]

6. But Trump might tweet mean things about them

[Chainfire]

7. I wouldn't be holding my breath

[dem4decades]

9. Right after hell freezes over.

[jimlup]

15. this .../nt

[Initech]

10. I would say very slim to nil chance of that happening.

Though if there ever was a time for Bernie Sanders to register as a Dem, that time is now!

[Eyeball_Kid]

12. Ah! But because GOPer Senators would switch parties doesn't mean

that they would vote with the bloc of Dem Senators. They still have the right to vote any way they wish. They'd have to BELIEVE in the benefits of Dem policies passed and enacted. So there's no guarantee that ANY Dem Senator will vote with the others. It's still a crap shoot. But if the Senate flips from the Georgia vote, the odds are better that the game will change. If some GOPers switched parties, then all the better.

[Boogiemack]

14. But the point is...Mitch would not be Senate Leader anymore. nt

[dawg day]

16. They can just say they are independent,

but caucus with the Dems like Sanders and King.

Murkowski could do that. She lost the GOP primary and then won a Write-in campaign, which means she doesn't need the GOP.

Romney too-- doubtlessly he's more popular than Trump in Utah.

[My Pet Orangutan]

17. Oh please, not Susan Collins.

[Polybius]

18. The last Senator to switch from one Party to the other was in 1994

That was Richard Shelby of Alabama, a Democrat that switched to a Republican. Funny how you say "All we need" lol, like it's that easy.

[Wednesdays]

19. Arlen Specter

switched from Repug to Democratic in 2009.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlen_Specter

[Polybius]

21. You're right

I totally forgot about him, my apologies.

[karynnj]

23. Arlen Spector (2009) and Jim Jeffords (Vermont) in 2001 happened later

Like now, Jeffords turned the balance to the Democrats giving us Senators during the Bush years.

[Polybius]

24. Yes, I admitted my mistake about Spector in my above reply

Jeffords I purposely left out because I was looking for Republicans who switched to Democrats. I can't believe I forgot about Spector.

[Bettie]

22. They do not exist

even when they "break" from the party, they do so only after receiving permission.

Romney's vote for impeachment was orchestrated. Collins' and Murkowski's occasional votes against McConnell's agenda are similarly orchestrated to give them political cover while still moving the overall right wing agenda forward.

There is not a single Republican in congress at this point who has any ethics, integrity, or patriotism.

[LAS14]

25. They don't even have to switch. They just have to vote with integrity. nt