Is there any chance that a rethug such as Murkowski or Romney would change parties

[Beachnutt]

so that we can tell Manchin to go to hell...

[LizBeth]

1. No. Mukowski has said as much.

[SCantiGOP]

13. Right, she's already switched once

And that was from R to Independent. And then she went back to R.
Even if they caucused with the Dems, they would still vote like they do now.

[still_one]

2. Not a chance

[Wounded Bear]

3. Highly doubtful. Probably no chance at all...

At best, they would go Indie but still caucus and vote with repubs 90% of the time or more.

That's a pipe dream.

[jimfields33]

4. A Utah Democratic Senator?

I think the only way Romney would is if he was done with politics at the end of his current term. Merkowski said she wouldn’t but I’d imagine could change her mind. She is up for re-election in 2022 and won with a write in last time so she could win again with either letter behind her name.

[Elessar Zappa]

5. Manchin votes with us far more than either of those two.

They’d be a bigger pain in the ass for us than Manchin is.

[mikewv]

10. Exactly! nm

[SCantiGOP]

14. And don't forget two things:

He is surviving as a Dem in a state that went for Trump by almost 40 points;
and, if it weren’t for him, McConnelmwould be running the Senate.

[machoneman]

6. Nope!

[SharonClark]

7. NO!

Why do people keep suggesting such a ridiculous idea. Murkowski and Romney are life long republican conservatives who won't support most Democratic policies. You'd be telling them to "go to hell" as well.

[PoliticAverse]

8. So then Democrats would have 2 Senators that wouldn't support the same things.

Would Murkowski or Romney support a $15 minimum wage or elimination of the filibuster?

[Ocelot II]

9. Not likely. Murkowski has said as much,

and Romney, despite his rational response to Trump, is still a plutocratic supply-sider whose views on economics are pretty much anathema to Democrats.

[Sanity Claws]

11. They would become independents, not Democrats

[Dave in VA]

12. Make DC and Puerto Rico

states and problem solved!

[exboyfil]

15. Better questions: Can Toomey be bought or Johnson be indicted, tried, and convicted quickly

Other than that we are out of luck until 2022.

[Grins]

16. Better luck with Toomey and Burr. NM

[msfiddlestix]

17. Hope for that outcome vanished weeks ago. They both threw bombs on that notion. n/t