Reply #25: So you'd agree that Jim Jeffords should never have been allowed

[dolstein]

to join the Democratic caucus. After all, he had spent his entire adult life working AGAINST the Democratic Party, whereas with Lieberman, has, at most, spend a few months. Surely you'd agree that the Democratic Party should have stood on principle and refused to admit Jeffords or, at the very least, insisted that he resign and run as a Democrat in a special election.