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Towlie

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12. It's complicated. Maybe a single defecting Republican senator wouldn't be as good as it might seem.

Mon Feb 1, 2021, 01:07 PM

Feb 2021

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Right now the tie-breaker, Vice President Kamala Harris, is an uncompromising Democrat.

If a Republican senator defects then the vote would be 51-49 on an issue only if the defecting senator goes along with it.

But if the defecting senator still embraces Republican values to some degree and doesn't go along with the Democrats on a particular issue, matters would be no different from what they are now except that the defecting senator would have an excessive amount of leverage in compromising senate actions: "Take this provision out or else I'll make you call in Kamala Harris."

At least that's how it seems to me, but like I said, it's complicated.

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Searching for any Announcement or Rumors of Lisa and/or Mitt leaving the TRumpliCon Party [View all] msfiddlestix Feb 2021 OP

I have been praying for that. gab13by13 Feb 2021 #1

It just seems strange they haven't by now. msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #3

Not gonna happen. They are Republicans through and through. Expect to be dissapointed. liskddksil Feb 2021 #2

Yep. They're not going anywhere. Zorro Feb 2021 #13

Romney would never leave. Or if he did, he'd still caucus with the Republicans. Drunken Irishman Feb 2021 #4

Of course you're on point. I think my calculus leaned toward a loss for Mitt anyway msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #16

Utah has always been Trump's weakest Red State... brooklynite Feb 2021 #28

Isn't he considered by the radicals anti-republican with his remarks msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #30

Again, we're talking about voters in Utah, not the Trump base. brooklynite Feb 2021 #32

Leave now while they're fighting for control? No one knows who's going to win, Hortensis Feb 2021 #5

Someone on DU posted that they read that Tim Scott might switch parties, CrispyQ Feb 2021 #6

Interesting. I've tried to recall anything he's ever expressed in public or on the Senate Floor msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #17

Don't hold your breath. Turin_C3PO Feb 2021 #7

Yeah. You're right, just thought all weekend that if anything was going to happen like that.. msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #22

I don't really care where Mitt goes, just as long as he leaves... abqtommy Feb 2021 #8

'No way': Murkowski rules out switching parties. LeftInTX Feb 2021 #9

She just wants to see Trump gone. Except He ISN'T GONE. msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #18

Unless they're in a swing state, someone worse will take their place LeftInTX Feb 2021 #10

ohhh f**K. msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #19

Murkowski won as a write in candidate in 2010, but I'm pretty sure it had to do with the size of AK LeftInTX Feb 2021 #26

This. CrispyQ Feb 2021 #25

Collins could switch without any consequences Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2021 #11

I sort of thought about her based on her adoring remarks for her relationship with Biden msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #21

Definitely not saying I'm a fangirl of hers Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2021 #29

Agree with regards to Collins LeftInTX Feb 2021 #23

It's complicated. Maybe a single defecting Republican senator wouldn't be as good as it might seem. Towlie Feb 2021 #12

Yes, true. I'm thinking Manchin. msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #20

It's my understanding that both sides agreed to a power sharing arrangement. Kaleva Feb 2021 #14

Last week Murkowski said it was not gonna happen. Romney, no way. He wants 2024. LizBeth Feb 2021 #15

Murkowski could go indy and keep her seat apnu Feb 2021 #24

That's what I remembered about Lisa, that she did run Indy after losing as a Repub msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #27

This came up the last time this was discussed Proud Liberal Dem Feb 2021 #33

Yes in 2010, wikipedia has a summary apnu Feb 2021 #34

A few weeks ago one of my siblings told me that at least five ReTHUGs malaise Feb 2021 #31

Are they position to actually know? Or is it their instinct/hunch based on weather vanes and stuff? msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #35

Has lived in a particular space for decades and knows folks in the know on both sides malaise Feb 2021 #36

Well, I'm intrigued. Pray tell, can we have a sneak peaky at the potential names? msfiddlestix Feb 2021 #37