Probably the best we can do is a censure resolution from RNC committee.
“Not good enough. The RNC chair needs to boot their boots out of the party, nothing less.”
He has not such power as others have noted.
“If their constituents voted for ‘Pubbies and now have either Independents oe Dems, then the constituents get to make the final decision if they keep their jobs.”
Yes. Fix it in the primary. The plain fact is that the party has no power to ‘unelect’ elected Snowe, Collins, and Spectre. We should have primaried Spectre in 2004, but we missed by a few thousand votes when Toomey tried.
“But, the RNC chair has to have the ability to maintain discipline within the party to ensure that the party represents a standardized core of conservative values.”
The censure does that.
“Merely censuring them is only slap in the face of Republicans, NOT a slap on Collins’, Spectre’s and Snowe’s wrists.”
That’s not so.
Again, I have NEVER . . . . . I REPEAT NEVER stated or suggested that the RNC Chair can "unelect them". PhiKappaMom threw that bit of confusion into the mix because she didn't read what I wrote. What I said was that the RNC chair needs to toss their butts out of the party (to put it plain language). That has NO IMPACT on their status as elected members of Congress, it just means that these people cannot caucus with or call themselves "Republicans". That means that they must declare themselves to either be Independents or Democrats.
The censure does that. “Merely censuring them is only slap in the face of Republicans, NOT a slap on Collins’, Spectre’s and Snowe’s wrists.” That’s not so.
Prove it. It doesn't remove them from the party, it doesn't change their status or seniority in the party, it doesn't affect their eligibility to run for re-election, it doesn't impose a fine, it doesn't give them jail time, it doesn't prevent them from voting for or against any piece of legislation, It doesn't prevent them from appearing in public, print or on TV as a representative of the Republican Party, it doesn't force them to stuff gummy bears up their noses on the Senate floor, so what's the point?? All it does is insult Republican voters who generally don't like/respect these 3 anyway since they primarily vote with the Dems most of the time.