By GottaLaff
June 12th will be the year anniversary of being a registered republican (indy before), I think I need to throw a big, fat, crazy, partyShe was an Independent, switched to the Rushpublic party, and is publicly celebrating that fact.RT
My feeling is that she's aiming to transform the party by presenting herself as one of the Rushpublic's "new faces" (as opposed to all the old ones who claim they are new), reaping the resulting benefits in the process. She's already a media sweetheart, Rushpublics like her, Dems like her, and she is becoming a hero of sorts. She fills a gap.
Becoming a Democrat would serve no real purpose. She might get a burst of attention, but being the "rebel" in a dying party that badly needs CPR gives her long term notoriety, a career boost, could make her a bigger hero, and provides more options than becoming, well,, Meghan Specter.
