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Thank you Angus King!!!
We value your thinking as an independent but welcome you as you caucus with us!! I heard that Collins tried to lure you to the GOP but you don't seem like the type of person who kowtows to any party. At least with the democrats you'll be amongst friends you will let you represent the state of Maine properly instead of a party that expects you to toe-the-line.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/2chambers/wp/2012/11/14/angus-king-to-caucus-with-democrats-in-senate/
In seeking a party to support, King said he spoke with at least a dozen senators, including Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine). Most critically, King said that independent senators Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.) and Bernie Sanders (Vt.) assured him that Senate Democrats “had consistently allowed them to maintain their independent positions and had never forced decisions upon them in the name of party loyalty.”
In seeking a party to support, King said he spoke with at least a dozen senators, including Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-Maine). Most critically, King said that independent senators Joseph I. Lieberman (Conn.) and Bernie Sanders (Vt.) assured him that Senate Democrats “had consistently allowed them to maintain their independent positions and had never forced decisions upon them in the name of party loyalty.”
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