What if Lisa Murkowski Caucuses with the Dems?

[Taverner]

Granted, long shot here...

But being thrown under the bus can make some, well, angry...

[Codeine]

1. Nah. She knows upon which side the bread is buttered. nt

[onenote]

2. She already has said she's caucusing with the repubs

There is zero chance she'd caucus with the Democrats.

[TheBigotBasher]

15. she has been flipping on that

more often than a flipping thing.

[onenote]

18. gotta link?

[Taverner]

22. Yes, I'd love to see that

Especially to show my Centrist Repub friends - who are just as horrified at this election as us. They wanted Centrists of all stripes to win. The Dem centrists went away, and the Repub centrists were 'primaried.'

[cynatnite]

3. I have a better chance of going on George Bush's book tour. n/t

[Ikonoklast]

14. Bring crayons, and you'll get the invite.

[gauguin57]

19. Maybe the "Pet Goat" author will open for both of you!

Great opening act for GWB.

[Dappleganger]

4. Not going to happen, just like Crist wasn't going to caucus with them either.

Never said they would, they only ran as independents in order to get elected.

[FrenchieCat]

5. She won't. Period.

[regnaD kciN]

6. I'm not even sure she'll be declared the winner...

I mean, sure, "write-in votes" seem to have a plurality in the AK count, but I'd bet that the GOP there is putting heavy pressure on the counters to find a loophole (not enough people spelled Murkowski correctly, or wrote it clearly enough to tell it was spelled correctly, or used her middle initial when others didn't) to invalidate enough of those ballots to declare Miller the winner.

Besides, strictly speaking, we've already got the Senate majority. Adding one more member to our caucus there wouldn't make a bit of difference -- the House is where we've got our problem.

[jaysunb]

10. Loopholes ?

The Repubs may be in for a surprise--maybe lots of them, maybe even filibuster reform, But, as to the Murkowski bit, The Dem Senate may pull a "Franken" on them and refuse to seat Miller if it looks like there's some funny business going on. Just a thought.....

We have less conservadems to deal w/ and Obama is about to take off the gloves w/ the Repubs and I'm pretty sure Pelosi & Reid are on board. There's going to be some smack downs coming to a country near you very soon. :evilgrin:

[mikelgb]

7. What if bears peed in gold-plated toilets?

[aquart]

8. Fantasy time?

[davidinalameda]

9. she won't

[TheKentuckian]

11. It'll take some serious further shenanigans to even be remotely plausible.

You've got way better odds on the lottery. I'd buy a Powerball ticket and follow a different dream.

[AlinPA]

12. Pigs flying through the air can be dangerous...

[SoCalDem]

13. She already said she would not..and even as mad at them as she is, she's

permanently hitched her wagon to the republican crazy-train.

[dflprincess]

16. Because another Republican in the Democratic caucus

is just what we need to get things done.

[Taverner]

17. Hey it may be a bad thing

I was wondering what would be the repercussions, no matter how unlikely

[movonne]

20. She would be about as usless as lieberman...

[Blue_In_AK]

21. She won't.

She made that very clear during the campaign.