[SuperLuminal]

Good publicity...Maybe just one more nail in the GOP coffin...

Has he revoked all the leftist ideology he supported for many years?

IOW, for example, is he just moving from MN or WY because they now get 15 ft of snow every other weekend instead of the 10 ft he was accustomed to when he moved there?

Has he stood up and stated that he now realizes that the Founders created an absolute document and that a "living" Constitution has no place in a Constitutional Republic?

Has he held up any of Mark L's books and said that he has had an epiphany?

A "no" to any of these questions means, to me, that we are just getting another RINO to deal with.

[DoughtyOne]

One of my concerns when Democrats change party affiliations is, does the defection express a true change of heart or merely the realization that in many ways the Republican Party is the Democrat Party of 2000.

This guy seems to understand core principles better than the Republican Party Elites. Wonder which party he’ll be changing to next, when he gets a belly full of our idiots.

I am glad to see him express the views he has. Sounds like a stand up guy.

[RacerX1128]

I’m sure this will be the lead story on the evening news tonight. :)

[6ppc]

That’s actually Artur Davis, not Arthur Davis.

[ExCTCitizen]

Mr. Artur Davis, Welcome home!!

[rod1]

Of course the MSM will now start asking other CBC members everyday if they intend to join Davis in this important new shift in the political landscape!...not

[Brown Deer]

Artur Davis was first elected to Congress from Alabama in 2002. The Harvard Law School grad was quickly tapped as a rising star among Democrats. He became a Senior Whip for the caucus, co-chair the New Democrat Coalition and even headed up the Southern region for the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee. His eight years in Congress showed him to be a thoughtful, independent and energetic member. Yesterday, he announced he is now a Republican.

Artur Davis Blog

[stylin19a]

I wonder when he started evolving ?

In 2007 he became the first Congressman outside Illinois to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for president in 2008.

At the 2008 Democratic National Convention, Davis gave a seconding speech formally placing Obama's name in nomination.

[abigailsmybaby]

Before the real estate bubble burst, Mr Davis was one of the Reps in the boat with Franks. However, after videos like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSDnGMzIdo his youtube Mr Davis was the only one who apologized for being so wrong.

I hope he’s the stand-up guy he seems to be.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Arthur Davis, Former Black Caucus Member, Switches to GOP

The worst of it is that now when he's in session, he's evidently no longer allowed to be black.

[Tarantulas]

This is good news. It would be even better news if he were currently a member of Congress.

[Art in Idaho]

From the article, bears repeating:

"Artur Davis didn't leave the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party left Artur Davis."

Is there anyone in America who doesn't see that the democratic party has been taken over by the progressives/socialists/communists?

Welcome Artur. Fight for Freedom!

[Eleutheria5]

Yay. Now there is room for more. The GOP has a big tent, and all are welcome, if you don’t mind the RINOs charging around. Time to turn JFK’s picture to the wall, folks, along the BHO’s, and turn Abe Lincoln’s back facing the room. Welcome back, freedmen.

[lulu16]

I think I saw him on a Fox special on voter fraud. He explained that if you wanted to do it, it was easy. I was surprised to hear he was a democrat. Now it makes sense that he has changed parties. He was exposing what they do to steal elections, and from that maybe he did some soul searching. I wish him the best in his new state. Virginia needs to turn red as is its legacy of Williamsburg and other places of our nascent country.

[justiceseeker93]

It's not clear in the posted article, but Artur Devis is a former congressman. So his party switch doesn't gain the GOP an additional seat - at least for now.

According to his blog, Davis is now registering as a Republican in Virginia and is considering running for a House seat from Virginia in 2014 or 2016.

[cookcounty]

The last few times I saw him interviewed I thought he was awesome, and then puzzled when they showed a “D” behind his name.

[cookcounty]

Davis is a Visiting Fellow at Harvard. ....So there, Accolade-Worshiping Democrats.