Any prospects for more non Democrat or Republican senators?

[Jacobtm]

So, last year was nice in that 2 people were elected to the Senate without having a (D) or (R) after their name. True they caucus with the Democrats, but Lieberman is hardly beholden to the Democratic leadership, and Sanders would gladly vote against the Democrats if they weren't behaving to his liking.

So is there a chance of anyone who isn't a Democrat or a Republican becoming a Senator in '08? What about a HOR member?

Really, I'm hoping that if a few more North-Eastern or west coast far-left people get elected, they might coalesce into an effective party that might actually contest elections where Democrats are presumed to have pre-eminence. I doubt something like that could happen on the Republican side, but it'd be great to see it if it could happen.

[Jacobtm]

It would be nice if we could get some more libertarian minded Republicans in the Senate who aren't beholden to religious special interests.

It'd be nice to get people of an actual broad range of beliefs, or at least people beholden to a broad range of influences...