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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
(92,136 posts)luv2fly
(2,475 posts)I don't know enough about her support in Alaska to know how that would be received?
drray23
(7,627 posts)an election ago, she ran as a write in having lost the gop primary. she won.
Walleye
(31,008 posts)She doesnt really need the GOP.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)...after losing the Republican primary. So one would think its not an incredible stretch.
spooky3
(34,438 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
(113,043 posts)Deals get made.
spooky3
(34,438 posts)TwilightZone
(25,464 posts)She's made that quite clear.
dubyadiprecession
(5,706 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
(113,043 posts)drmeow
(5,017 posts)Especially her direct constituents!
kentuck
(111,079 posts)She likes that game.
blm
(113,043 posts)spooky3
(34,438 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
(25,258 posts)The moderate Republican says shell never join Chuck Schumers caucus.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/murkowski-party-switch-461341
blm
(113,043 posts)the info on the Republicans who abetted the insurrection, and realizes that a massacre was the desired result.
captain queeg
(10,171 posts)Both sides trying their best to influence her, seems like not a bad situation for someone to be in.
Liberty Belle
(9,534 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
(7,278 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.