[Independent Maine Sen Angus] King may switch sides and join the Republicans after midterms

The Hill ^ | April 10, 2014 | Alexander Bolton

[CurlyDave]

Checking which way the wind is blowing. Not a guy I would want in my foxhole.

I don't want him in my foxhole either, but I would mind having having his vote when Obama tries to appoint Federal Judges and Supremes with only 50 votes.

This will shape judicial philosophy for decades and if we need to bring a whore on board for that, go ahead. And send as many tax dollars to Maine as we need to.

[dforest]

Do we really need a RINOid?

[Repeal The 17th]

“...If Republicans pick up six seats this fall,
they will be running the Senate in 2015...”
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Six seats should be easy peasy.
I’m hoping for more like twelve to fourteen.

[Night Hides Not]

Et tu, Brute.

[txrangerette]

He voted correctly on the bill.

His statement about why, is a good statement, as far as it goes.

From Maine, he would be a Susan Collins type.

If we could just cut off the East Coast altogether...

Of course I would say that, being from Texas. :)

The bottom line is he’s to the Left and he’s an opportunist.

He hears the coming thunder of a possible GOP takeover.

[txrangerette]

He voted correctly on the bill.

His statement about why, is a good statement, as far as it goes.

From Maine, he would be a Susan Collins type.

If we could just cut off the East Coast altogether...

Of course I would say that, being from Texas. :)

The bottom line is he’s to the Left and he’s an opportunist.

He hears the coming thunder of a possible GOP takeover.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

A political opportunist of the worst kind. But I repeat myself.

Bump!

[Cincinatus]

If we could just cut off the East Coast altogether... Of course I would say that, being from Texas. :)

Arizona too:

In December 1961, Barry Goldwater had told a news conference that "sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

He voted correctly on the bill.........

He did but will we ever know if his heart was in it or was he auditioning for the GOP?

I guess this is what the people of Maine want him to do (if that is what he does): represent their best interests, though that's hard to believe since he's been working with Harry Reid, who has been working against keeping a free society.

[txrangerette]

“In December 1961, Barry Goldwater had told a news conference that “sometimes I think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the Eastern Seaboard and let it float out to sea.”

Yes he did say that, didn’t he...

He had “had it” up to here with the Rockefeller Republicans.

[Madame Dufarge]

Senator Oily King from Maine is a sleazeball of the first order, up to his neck in a Solyndra-style looting of the treasury for his wind farm:

Furthermore, the company may not have been eligible for the loan, since its technology wasn’t innovative under the applicable regulation. But the company got the loan anyway, from an Obama administration eager to help out its cronies. Angus King was, of course, an Obama supporter, endorsing him and having contributed at least $10,000 to Obama’s reelection campaign.

Record Hill promptly used the money on foreign companies. Just a quarter of the cash was reinvested in the State of Maine; 58 percent of the cash went to Siemens to pay for building 22 windmills. The turbines themselves were manufactured in Europe “because that’s where the biggest turbine market is, and the tower sections are made in Asia, because that’s where the new efficient steel mills are,” said King’s partner in Record Hill, Rob Gardiner. About 467 people worked on the site, reportedly, but “at least some of these jobs could measure their duration in days rather than weeks or months.” Today, nobody is employed by the wind farm itself.

Worse Than Solyndra: Obama Admin Buying Maine Senate Seat with Crony Energy Loans

[shove_it]

Mercenary senator for hire - he should run an ad.

[LS]

I think I’d quote Monty Python here: “No thanks. We’ve already got one.” (A RINO . . . or five.)

[txrangerette]

“...that’s hard to believe since he’s been working with Harry Reid, who has been working against keeping a free society.”

Think he gave his game away when he openly admits to caucusing with whichever side controls the Senate.

Just sayin’ he gave a good reason for voting against.

But he wouldn’t apply that same reasoning to other legislation down the line and like Collins would forever be “compromising” across the aisle.

This is what you get from that part of the country.

[Agamemnon]

How can you trust someone who switches to your caucus once you gain a majority,...

1994: Ben Nighthorse Campbell elected as a (D) to US Senate (Colorado) now retired, and Richard Shelby elected as a (D) to the US Senate, still serving and solid conservative.

2000: Jim Jeffords, re-elected as (R) became (I) in 2001. Allowed for 50/50 power sharing with Daschle (D) to blunt Bush's agenda. Delayed (R)'s taking the Senate solidly until 2002, but a lot of Daschle's planned obstructionism was blunted in response to 9/11.

2008: Arlen Specter US Senator from Pennsylvania was (D) back in the 1960's while serving on the Warren Commission, elected as (R) in 1980, re-elected, ran as a (D) in 2008 - won. Beat now-currently serving Toomey in primary with help of Santorum (who lost, with no return help from Specter) Now dead. Good riddance. To hell with him.

FReegards!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

....But he wouldn’t apply that same reasoning to other legislation down the line and like Collins would forever be “compromising” across the aisle.

Ah, yes, the old "reaching across the aisle" praise (or accusation when not embraced by Republicans).

[Agamemnon]

Sensing the rising (R) tide in his state, I wouldn't be surprised if Manchin flips to (R) after 2014 elections too.

FReegards!

[ladyjane]

We are happy to bring you in on votes when you agree but we don’t need your voice pulling are party further left.

What if he's the swing vote for control of the senate? Are you still ready to say no thanks?

What's that expression - something about cutting off your nose ...

[ScottinVA]

Sounds like the second coming of Jim Jeffords.

[dfwgator]

Never trust a turncoat.