[longtermmemmory]

How is this different from Jeffords Jump? Granted it happened right after the election but somehow we have to distingush thes en mass moves from the acts of jumping jeffords.

[RobFromGa]

I don't think it is a lot different than the Jeffords switch on the surface, except for the magnitude of the change. He claims to have acted on principle.

One difference is that these guys will all get re-elected as Republicans here in Georgia. Not so sure about Jeffords.

[FreedomPoster]

>>How is this different from Jeffords Jump?

As RobFromGa already pointed out, one reason is that these guys will almost certainly win re-election.

Another is that Jeffords wasn't in a single-party political environment up to the time he switched. These guys created a two party environment in the State Capitol where none existed before.

[Guillermo]

The GA Legislature attemted to redistrict a couple of these Senators out of office (they tried to pack their districts w/ more blacks, in an attempt to defeat them in the primary).

It seems the Dem party left them, not vice-versa.