[BillyBoy]

Last year, Ron Paul kook Bob Conley of South Carolina announced he was leaving the GOP because the party wouldn't sing Kumbaya with terrorists, and becoming a RAT who would caucus with Harry Reid. He then ran for the U.S. Senate as a RAT and won the RAT primary in a fluke. His big campaign issue was to surrender in Iraq immediately and "bring the troops home".

Interestingly enough, not only did some freepers continue to support the guy, but they argued he was the "true conservative" in the race (despite the fact his Republican opponent was a staunch supporter of the WOT).

[PhilCollins]

If Rep. Mark Kirk can run as a Republican, Tom Schieffer should be able to run as a Democrat.

[Impy]

Turns out this Scieffer guy was never a Republican just a Bush friendly rat (barf).