[Fido969]

She is an independent now.

She has been talking to the 'pubs, supposedly urging them to looby for better committee appointments now, and seems to have some long term political ambitions. She has been in the news quite a bit the last month or so, including releasing a news book.

See:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/maine/articles/2006/01/03/democrats_decision_balances_partisan_sides_in_house/

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Thanks Fido! So technically nothing has changed. The independents always vote with the dims anyway.

[Theodore R.]

Well, she's following the lead of Texas' comptroller Carole Strayhorn and turning "independent."