An amusing moment in today’s Supreme Court argument in the Washington State Grange case:
JUSTICE SOUTER: [G]oing back to my question, do you know any people who go around saying, well, you know, I really prefer the Democrats; I’m a Republican myself? I mean, that doesn’t happen.
MR. MCKENNA: Well, the example of Senator Lieberman comes to mind, where he said I really prefer the Democrats and I’m running as an independent.
(Laughter)
JUSTICE SOUTER: There’s always one.
Posted by Eric Muller on October 1, 2007 at 10:25 PM
Comments
I don’t think Schwarzenegger exactly fits (he might be a tad more independent now, but certainly at many times he’s seemed to consider himself genuinely a part of the Republican party, e.g. when he appeared at the Republican National Convention in 2004 to endorse Bush). But a better fit would be Mike Bloomberg, who despite being a life-long Democrat switched his party ID so he could run for mayor of New York on the Republican ticket (and has subsequently switched again to be an independent).
Posted by: SN | Oct 2, 2007 11:46:47 PM