Collins and Murk aren’t Republicans.
Just as Republican as McConnell, Thune, Barrasso, Blunt, Ernst, Scott, Scott, Lee, Crapo, Grassley, Shelby, Sullivan, Boozman, Rubio, Risch, Young, Braun, Moran, Cassidy, Hyde-Smith, Daines, Fischer, Sasse, Burr, Tillis, Hoeven, Cramer, Portman, Inhofe, Lankford, Toomey, Grahamnesty, Rounds, Cornyn, Romney, Capito, Lummis.
They are all Bush League Republicans.
Different animal, I agree.
Did you ever read how NEO con’s happened? Back years ago when the Warsaw Pact was a big threat and communism was expanding a group of slightly more pro-American democrats were unhappy with the soft stance being used by their party on the reds. So they split off and joined the republicans.
Basically all they had in common with conservatives was a more pro-military stance and a bit more nationalistic. They still had much more in common with leftist democrats in many, many areas like tax and spend, social programs etc.
Hence we got Bush’s, Chaneys, and now Murkowski and the like. I actually think we would have been better off if they would have stayed with the Dems as they seem to equally effective at blocking conservative movements.
(At least that’s how I remember reading it)
Exactly.
Murkowski actually ran as an independent.