Another Democrat defects..

[Incipimus iterum]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76846.html
comments, Thoughts?

[Brittain33]

Basically irrelevant. He'll have a good career outside of elected office, though.

[Torie]

My thought, is that we have two threads on the same topic.

cc: Why aren't we all R-TX any more

[TJ in Oregon]

cc: Why aren't we all R-TX any more

The same reason why people eventually leave a funeral: Yes it's sad and you're sorry it happened but you eventually need to move on.

[Bandit3 the Worker]

Wasn't Artur Davis basically a Republican anyway? I thought he was the guy planted to defeat Earl Hilliard in the Democratic primary because Hilliard opposed the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

[nclib]

cc: Why aren't we all R-TX any more

The same reason why people eventually leave a funeral: Yes it's sad and you're sorry it happened but you eventually need to move on.

I think he was referring to Joe Republic's display name, i.e. cc: Joe Republic (about merging threads).

Wasn't Artur Davis basically a Republican anyway? I thought he was the guy planted to defeat Earl Hilliard in the Democratic primary because Hilliard opposed the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

IIRCm in the Davis-Hilliard race in 2002, Davis was rumored to change to Republican when in office.