Republican state Senator in Montana switching parties because he's had enough
This is being done by a state senator in Montana, but who cares if it's only state level anyways! After the last 6 years, many republicans have realized that their party no longer stands for anything good. Nothing would please me more than to see more republicans in government to be doing this:
Party Switch Gives Democrats Edge in Montana
By JENNIFER BYRD, AP
HELENA, Mont. (Nov. 18) - A Montana state senator has officially changed his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, breaking a tie to give his new party a 26-24 advantage.
State Sen. Sam Kitzenberg filed the paperwork at the secretary of state's office on Friday.
He said he had been thinking about switching parties for about 12 years and made the decision at the suggestion of Democratic state Sen. Mike Cooney, who contacted him after the Nov. 7 election put both parties on an even footing.
"He called and said 'Guess what? It's tied. I know you've mentioned changing parties in the past, and now is the time,"' Kitzenberg said.
Democrats have a 50-49 edge in the Montana House. One Democrat, Sheila Hogan, lost by just 24 votes and party officials said this past week that she will ask for a recount; if she were to win, the Democrats' lead would change to 51-48.
Kitzenberg dismissed Republican critics who suggested the change was "political payoff" for a state Revenue Department job he got from the administration of Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer.
"The job I have now had nothing to do with this decision," Kitzenberg said. "I sat down and tried to figure out what was really important to me. It just came down to me realizing who my real friends were and where my heart was."
11/18/06 11:03 EST
posted by KayInMaine at 12:14 PM
3 Comments:
This seems to be some sort ot trend, James webb, switched from the repug party and WON as a democrat, the Kansas repug's lost quite a few people, some of which WON as democrats, seems like the wave of the election is having some ripples the repugs are not gonna like much either.
Well, the way I like to look at is we liberals and democrats are not a scary bunch when compared to the right wingers in the current government. I too would be scared of my party if the top known people of it were like George Bush, Dick Cheney, Jerry Falwell, Mark Foley, and Bill Frist (to name a few)!
I truly believe we are the more rational side of the political coin.
Another one;
From roll call
More proof that New England Republicans are in danger of taking up permanent residence at the margins comes this morning when a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives switches from Republican to Democrat. North Stonington Republican Diana Urban, elected to a fourth term two weeks ago, often voted with Democrats in the legislature. Her departure from the ranks of the GOP reduces their number to 44 of 151.
Urban enjoyed a flurry of attention last summer when she launched a quixotic bid to run for the United States Senate as a petitioning candidate. She failed to collect the number of signatures required.
Why Urban waited until two weeks after the election to tell the voters of her district that she would no longer be a Republican is a question members of the GOP will be posing to Urban.
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