Dai commenti del Votemaster di Electoral-vote.com:
The Republicans want to teach Murkowski a lesson and hurt her every way they can. For comparison's sake, when Sen. Joe Lieberman showed equal disrespect for his constituents in 2006 by running as an independent after losing the Democratic primary, the Senate Democrats did not strip him of his seniority on the spot as the Republicans will do today to Murkowski. In fact, when Lieberman won, he was welcomed back into the caucus with no punishment at all. This difference is very characteristic of how the two parties operate. The Republicans are very focused and run top-down, with strong party discipline and clear rules. If you violate them, you are punished swiftly. The Democrats are far less coherent. Will Rogers' old joke is still applicable. When someone asked him if he was a member of an organized political party he said: "I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat."
This strong party organization helps the Republicans and hurts the Democrats in many ways. For nearly two years, the Republicans with fewer than 180 seats in the House and 40-41 in the Senate have been amazingly successful at watering down or blocking most of Obama's legislation. During the Bush administration, when the Democrats had a much stronger minority position, they weren't able to block anything.
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