Two Renegade Dems Bolt Caucus, Give Budget Control to GOP in Washington State

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12. Roadkill Caucus strikes again

That's their name for themselves.
Posted about labor trying to fight against this group of Republicans posing as Democrats back here. The WSLC and Stranger links in the post give some background on the group:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8903983


And now the party's finally "disowned" Sheldon and Tom, but only after supporting them even after they've been consistently acting as the Republicans they really are for quite some time.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/2-Dems-to-work-with-GOP-to-control-state-Senate-182857861.html

Meanwhile, the chairman of the Washington State Democrats disowned the two defecting senators.

Dwight Pelz said he's long viewed Sheldon as a Republican, but the party had invested money to re-elect Tom this year. Pelz says that won't happen again, and the party will draft a candidate to oust him next time.

"This is a decision by Rodney Tom to switch parties back again," Pelz said. "Rodney Tom is a Republican now."

Tom was initially elected as a Republican but switched parties in 2006. Pelz said he believes the latest move was simply a way for Tom to fulfill his personal ambitions.



I think there's a cautionary tale here for national Democrats looking to embrace other self-styled "former" Republicans.