[Recon Dad]

Not to Schuler and the other moderates......defections coming soon.

[muawiyah]

There are always "defections" ~ particularly after a major shift like this.

I'm still shooting for 129 "new Republicans" ~ maybe by the first day of the next session, or, if not then, by June about the time the Odd Year state campaigns begin since some of the better established, but otherwise disillusioned Democrat representatives will be dropping out of Congress to run for Governor, or other entertaining positions.

For many professional politicians it's better to be a big frog in a small pond than a squarshed frog in the Well of the House!