Fri Jan 22, 2021, 10:53 PM

blm (111,078 posts)

Schumer needs Murkowski to leave GOP and become an Independent.

And caucus with Dems. She’s pro-choice so that wouldn’t burden her.

She has to know that history will not be kind to Trump and McConnell’s enablers.

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Schumer needs Murkowski to leave GOP and become an Independent. (Original post)	blm	Jan 2021	OP
That would work, but have no idea what the probability of that would be	still_one	Jan 2021	#1
Wonder how that would play at home	luv2fly	Jan 2021	#2
she could pull it off.	drray23	Jan 2021	#5
Yes, I was impressed she won as a write in candidate, not easy	Walleye	Jan 2021	#15
She was reelected in 2010 as an independent	jcgoldie	Jan 2021	#6
Unfortunately, she voted with Repubs a lot of the time previously.	spooky3	Jan 2021	#3
Seems that a deal could be possible. She's still a professional politician.	blm	Jan 2021	#7
agreed - I just don't know that she's close to making the big break. nt	spooky3	Jan 2021	#9
She's not.	TwilightZone	Jan 2021	#16
We can all contact her office and try to persuade her.	dubyadiprecession	Jan 2021	#4
The info coming out about the insurrection may convince her.	blm	Jan 2021	#11
This!	drmeow	Jan 2021	#19
Offer her Chair of a Committee where Alaska can get a lot of government goodies...	kentuck	Jan 2021	#8
That's what I was thinking.	blm	Jan 2021	#12
But as soon as that word gets out, lots of Dems will object or	spooky3	Jan 2021	#21
She actually made a statement to this very issue after the Capitol siege.	Budi	Jan 2021	#10
'No way': Murkowski rules out switching parties.	LeftInTX	Jan 2021	#13
She may see things differently when FBI releases all	blm	Jan 2021	#14
I would think in the present senate, an Independent would end up being a very important person	captain queeg	Jan 2021	#17
Even an independent who doesn't caucus would Dems would put Reps in the minority,	Liberty Belle	Jan 2021	#18
Just what I said earlier today here.	msfiddlestix	Jan 2021	#20

Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 10:56 PM

still_one (87,302 posts)

1. That would work, but have no idea what the probability of that would be

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 10:59 PM

luv2fly (2,450 posts)

2. Wonder how that would play at home

I don't know enough about her support in Alaska to know how that would be received?

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Response to luv2fly (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:01 PM

drray23 (6,999 posts)

5. she could pull it off.

an election ago, she ran as a write in having lost the gop primary. she won.

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Response to drray23 (Reply #5)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:13 PM

Walleye (22,839 posts)

15. Yes, I was impressed she won as a write in candidate, not easy

She doesn’t really need the GOP.

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Response to luv2fly (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:01 PM

jcgoldie (10,324 posts)

6. She was reelected in 2010 as an independent

...after losing the Republican primary. So one would think its not an incredible stretch.

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:00 PM

spooky3 (31,581 posts)

3. Unfortunately, she voted with Repubs a lot of the time previously.

I don't think she will leave them now. But he may be able to win her (and Romney, and possibly others) over on a few specific pieces of legislation.

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Response to spooky3 (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:02 PM

blm (111,078 posts)

7. Seems that a deal could be possible. She's still a professional politician.

Deals get made.

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Response to blm (Reply #7)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:04 PM

spooky3 (31,581 posts)

9. agreed - I just don't know that she's close to making the big break. nt

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Response to spooky3 (Reply #9)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:22 PM

TwilightZone (21,603 posts)

16. She's not.

She's made that quite clear.

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:01 PM

dubyadiprecession (4,962 posts)

4. We can all contact her office and try to persuade her.

We can also assure her, we won’t take our lives out on her by storming the capital, if she doesn’t vote all the time for President Biden’s agenda.

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Response to dubyadiprecession (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:05 PM

blm (111,078 posts)

11. The info coming out about the insurrection may convince her.

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Response to dubyadiprecession (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:37 PM

drmeow (4,651 posts)

19. This!

Especially her direct constituents!

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:03 PM

kentuck (108,837 posts)

8. Offer her Chair of a Committee where Alaska can get a lot of government goodies...

She likes that game.

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Response to kentuck (Reply #8)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:06 PM

blm (111,078 posts)

12. That's what I was thinking.

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Response to blm (Reply #12)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:44 PM

spooky3 (31,581 posts)

21. But as soon as that word gets out, lots of Dems will object or

expect the same treatment.

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:04 PM

Budi (15,325 posts)

10. She actually made a statement to this very issue after the Capitol siege.

About becoming an Indy since she no longer recognizes her Repub Party.

Maybe she will yet. I don't see the Republican brand emerging clean anytime soon.

They'd have to do a whole lot of scrubbing & the weight of DJTrump will be hanging around their necks for a long time.

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:09 PM

LeftInTX (21,772 posts)

13. 'No way': Murkowski rules out switching parties.

The moderate Republican says she’ll never join Chuck Schumer’s caucus.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/22/murkowski-party-switch-461341

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Response to LeftInTX (Reply #13)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:13 PM

blm (111,078 posts)

14. She may see things differently when FBI releases all

the info on the Republicans who abetted the insurrection, and realizes that a massacre was the desired result.

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:27 PM

captain queeg (8,507 posts)

17. I would think in the present senate, an Independent would end up being a very important person

Both sides trying their best to influence her, seems like not a bad situation for someone to be in.

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:33 PM

Liberty Belle (9,354 posts)

18. Even an independent who doesn't caucus would Dems would put Reps in the minority,

and give Dems a majority in the Senate.

As an independent she could caucus with either party, or none.

Of course she'd get better perks by caucusing with Dems, but any switch by her to become an independent would shift the balance of power away from Reps, since they would lose a member, regardless of whether Dems gain one or not.

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Response to blm (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2021, 11:39 PM

msfiddlestix (6,303 posts)

20. Just what I said earlier today here.

Lisa got the deal she made with Mitch or Trump or whoever it was she was guaranteed that earmark for her project in Anchorage.

I also thought maybe Romney. but if we just had Lisa that would nail it.

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