Murkowski an independent?

[wtg]

Murkowski suggests she could become an Independent in the right circumstance

“There is some openness to exploring something different than the status quo,” she said in a podcast set to drop Tuesday.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/23/congress/murkowski-as-independent-00419045

[Piano*Dad]

I have been screaming at her to do so, along with that "oh, that's something to worry about" idiot in Maine.

[Mik]

The parties are becoming rather amorphous. That could end up being a good thing. I see it as a reluctance to adhere to orthodoxy of either side.

[Piano*Dad]

Relative to when? The parties are far more rigid and "orthodox" than they were when I was younger. You had to build coalitions across party lines to get anything done. Now it's rammed through on party line votes.