Democratic representative switches party

[Donkeyboy75]

And did it in a shitty, shitty way, too. The lack of ethics on his part shows why he is now a repuke. He switched parties on the last day so Dems wouldn't have time to search for a viable candidate:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/07/congress.switch/index.html

CNN) -- Rep. Rodney Alexander, a conservative Louisiana Democrat who won an unexpected victory in a GOP-leaning district two years ago, decided Friday to seek re-election as a Republican.

On the last day of qualifying for the fall ballot in Louisiana, Alexander filed for re-election as a Republican, after filing earlier in the week as a Democrat.

The timing of the switch prevents state Democrats from fielding a big-name candidate to take on the newly minted GOP congressman, who just five months ago had announced he would remain a Democrat.

"I've seen some cowardly things in my career, but this is the worst," said Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in a statement. "Nobody likes a coward, least of all the voters of Louisiana."