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Parker Griffith: Switching Parties
22 hours ago ago from Patchwork: A Chronicle of Alabama in the New South
The link below is to the Washington Post 's reporting to his story but they are far from the only ones to cover it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/22/AR2009122203508.html . Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith of northern Alabama recently switched political parties, and is now a Republican. A couple of things about this story struck me. First of all, northern Alabama has always leaned Republican more than ...
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18 hours ago ago from Beezodog's Place
By William M. Daley Thursday, December 24, 2009; A15 The announcement by Alabama Rep. Parker Griffith that he is switching to the Republican Party is just the latest warning sign that the Democratic Party my lifelong political home has a critical decision to make: Either we plot a more moderate, centrist course or risk electoral disaster not just in the upcoming midterms but in many elections to come. Rep. Griffith's decision ...
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I know what party he affiliates himself with, but what is he REALLY?
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15 hours ago ago from Political Wrinkles
McCain, GOP secretly courting another Dem to switch Quote: Republicans are stepping up their efforts to persuade more House Democrats to switch parties and are zeroing in on a second-term Pennsylvanian who acknowledged the efforts but said he has no plans to do so. Democratic Rep. Chris Carney received a phone call Wednesday from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) asking him to consider becoming a Republican, a top GOP official ...
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