Murkowski is seemingly keeping a door open to potentially caucusing with Democrats moving forward, or at the very least in a more independent mode to avoid the current hardened partisan divide, according to an interview being released in full on Tuesday.
Galen Druke, host of the GD Politics podcast, asked a hypothetical question about Murkowski being open to caucusing outside of the GOP if Democrats were to pick up three Senate seats in next year’s elections, and if she had more opportunities to help her Alaskan constituents.
“There may be a possibility,” Murkowski said, later adding, “There is some openness to exploring something different than the status quo.”
It’s an open question whether this being couched as a hypothetical allowed that response. It seems plausible that this is a gambit for other reasons.
No thanks.
Yeah, this is just setting up a future Fetterman/ Sinema. Nothing is stopping her from going independent, or even just voting against GOP bills as a Republican. We don’t need her muddying our primaries, turning the Democratic Party into the “redemption arc” career path for conservatives.
