[concerned about politics]

I don't think he'd be comfortable in the Republican party either, but I don't see how he could be truly comfortable in a party that would sell him down the river either.

Right now, he has to run as a democrat lite to win, but I'll bet he won't go out of his way and vote with democrats just because they want him too. I think he'll be much more independent and do what ever he thinks is right. He's not controlled by them any more.

[maryz]

True -- and I think he'd have to be more than human to resist the temptation to tweak them every so often! ;-)