because pols have a tendency to support incumbents regardless of their stance on issues.TheArmedFarmer wrote:Then why did the Republican establishment, including GWB, campaign so strongly for him in the primary? There was a true and popular conservative running against him. What gives? I'm honestly flabbergasted. This just isn't adding up right for me.stroo wrote:He actually was a Democrat before he decided he could get elected to the Senate as a Republican during the Reagan era.
I think a more appropriate title would be, "AS comes out of the closet". He's been a RINO forever so this just tells us what we've always known.
Like too many pols, they're more self-serving than public-serving. He switched because he saw the writing on the wall. Now let's hope he can win the D primary so he can get his clock cleaned.