King is in! Angus King (I-ME) to run for Snowe's seat.

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Senator King would be a dream come true.

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He hasn't been elected in over a decade, I'm not sure how that would work out. A Senate campaign as an independent is a lot different a gubernatorial one. He'd have to pick a caucus in order to get any committee assignments, so independent doesn't really go as far as it really seems it would.

Seeing as how he endorsed Kerry in 2004 and Obama in 2008, he would probably caucus with the Democrats.

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It would be pretty cool if we consistently had at least 2 independents in the Senate for 12 years (and at least one for 18).

I have often wondered why those two independents don't just start their own caucus. Do the Senate rules contain a provision explicitly stating that you must have x number of members before you found a new caucus?

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It would be pretty cool if we consistently had at least 2 independents in the Senate for 12 years (and at least one for 18).

I have often wondered why those two independents don't just start their own caucus. Do the Senate rules contain a provision explicitly stating that you must have x number of members before you found a new caucus?

Because one is a centrist and the other is the most far left guy in the Senate.

Well, yeah, but wouldn't it make a statement about "bipartisanship" and "independent thinking" and all that?

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Yes!