Alexander to return nearly $90,000 given by Democrats

[Freddie Stubbs]

Barbs Hurt Party-Switching La. Pol

By ADAM NOSSITER
ASSOCIATED PRESS

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A party-switching Louisiana congressman said Tuesday he's surprised and "hurt" by Democrats' reactions to his defection to the Republicans - and vowed to return nearly $90,000 given to him by members of his old party.

"I'm somewhat puzzled as to how much hoopla this has created," Rep. Rodney Alexander said in a conference call with reporters Tuesday.

Alexander, whose last-minute switch to the GOP on Friday virtually assured it control of the 5th District seat, described himself as "pro-life, pro-guns and pro-business."

He said his Republican-leaning votes in Congress - on the Iraq war and on abortion, for example - had left him out in the cold in his own party.

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[RobertSeattle]

1. Right - and he decides to switch right before the deadline

I'd call this guy an a-hole even if it were a (R) making a switch to a (D) at the last moment.

[russian33]

2. yea, return $90K from Dems in exchange for how much from the Repubs?

[DaveinMD]

3. its not that he switched

its how he switched. I have a feeling that many Republicans will vote for the other Republican in the race.