The Hotline's Saturday edition. A look at the names and faces that make the news. The latest numbers on the races that matter most. One thing's for sure. Some suggested he leave he isn't a Republican to begin with, while others said he should bolt to provide voters with an alternative to the Democrats and Republicans in 2004.
History already offers evidence of the next party switchers.
And though angry writers to this column attacked Sen. Jeffords for not resigning and running again as an independent, they all failed to mention the lack of precedent for doing that in the Senate. It wasn't done by the two men mentioned above, and everyone forgets that Sen. Gramm changed parties and won a special election while he was in the House, where doing so is obviously much less difficult and expensive. I would love to have him in my Democratic Party. However, McCain can be a more effective advocate for his pet issues as a senate Republican now that Democrats control the Senate. They were Whigs, Democrats and Know Nothings in another era.