With the Democrats in control of the Senate, there are Republicans who are being pushed off their committee chairs. Will the absence of power throw some close-to-the-line Republicans over the wall?
Three obvious suspects are Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Olympia Snowe (R-ME), and Susan Collins (R-ME). With the recent election results in those two states, these three could actually see their popularity rise were they to switch parties.
Of course, there is precedence here. Most recently, the switch of Jim Jeffords of Vermont from Republican to Independent (caucusing with the Democrats) gave the Democrats a one seat advantage in the Senate. Jeffords was lauded with all sorts of perks, including the retention of his "party" seniority.
What will 2007 bring?
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