[William McKinley]

The last time we tried this, a closet Democrat left our ranks, and one election later we took over the Senate. And the people got tax relief.

Sounds like a good deal to me.

[Redwood71]

"The last time we tried this, a closet Democrat left our ranks, and one election later we took over the Senate."

More like we had to take it over again. And I'll bet the next to use the republican party to get elected just to run will be McCain. He couldn't beat Bush using the GOP last time, he won't even get that close this time.

But Jeffords brings something else to mind. Since he is no longer a republican, how is he going to get re-elected from a conservative voting state if he is a liberal and has to run against a real Bush backing conservative? Good luck and good bye Jim!