2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Perhaps our best hope is to convert John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Rand Paul... [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)He was competing with Ted Cruz for the most extreme on the Republican primary stage, and I have him pegged as one of a number of possible conscienceless sociopaths in that lineup. Rubio seeks power and adopts whatever public positions will help him at the moment. And adopting a Democratic cloak would probably not help him with his Koch alliance backers. I hope.
My guess is Rand Paul's moves away from the party extremism are just part of a strategy to use that vacuum to move up in his party. McCaine's the only wild card, but a party leader abandoning his party rather than fighting for the GOP from within...?
But the general idea, of course. For sure our leadership is keeping a careful eye on the few moderate conservatives in congress for any signs that they might consider switching parties.
After all, Elizabeth Warren did back in the 1990s and has been a great asset. In fact, she's just been positioned to move in future up to top leadership.