Should Harry Reid Ask Moderate Rs To Switch To D In the Senate?

[stopbush]

Promise them a few chairmanships and ask them to switch parties. I'd feel better with a 54-46 advantage in the Senate...and
it would serve to strip Lieberman of his newly ill-gotten power.

[FSogol]

1. Weren't all the moderates (like Chaffee) removed yesterday?

Otherwise, sure.

[KingFlorez]

3. Snowe, Collins and Specter are still there

[stopbush]

7. Those were the 3 I was thinking about.

Specter has been attacked by rabid RWers and is a thron in the side of bush, even if he always ends up supporting
RW policies.

[LostinVA]

9. Snowe will NEVER become Democrat

I have a very good Mainer friend, and we've talked about this. She said Snowe would consider that dishonoring her family's legacy in Maine.

However, she votes Dem more often than some "real" Dems.

[ck4829]

2. All the GOP moderates have been removed

Except for Olympia Snowe.

[Endangered Specie]

5. I was just about to mention that before the edit...

wouldnt a little defection be a nice salt in the wound :)

[rpannier]

4. Yes He should.

[roamer65]

6. They are certainly welcome to...

...caucus with us and join a coalition with us in my book. For them, R is more of a label.

[eyesroll]

8. Don't they always ask?

'Course, there's a better chance of it working this time around (although I think it's still slim), because who wants to switch from the majority to the minority?

[Misskittycat]

10. They could do a Jeffords; go Ind. and caucus with Dems.

But I doubt they'll do it.