DRIVEN OUT: Senator Murkowski contemplates FLEEING Republican Party

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Without predicting Murkowski's ultimate plans, her statement leads one to believe that she wouldn't caucus with Republicans because her move would make little difference in that case.NBC News goes further in citing a quote by Murkowski, who said, "I am navigating my way through some very interesting political times.
45% : As CNN reports:"Now, Murkowski is clear she's ready to move past Trump.
36% : While adding: "I just regret that our party is seemingly becoming a party of Donald Trump.
27% : It is fair to ask why she is contemplating such a drastic action now after Trump has issued so many other similarly offensive previous statements.
25% : I certainly can't get behind Donald Trump...
24% : True as that may be as a general matter, one doesn't hear Trump stating that Christian fundamentalists who vote against him must hate their religion.
18% : Trump is an extremist leader who only continued to get more extreme.To be sure, there is no indication that Senator Murkowski would move to the Democratic party or caucus with Democrats as an Independent.
10% : "When faced with such clear anti-semitism, could Trump's most recent highly offensive statement have triggered personal convictions within Murkowski that pushed her away, permanently, from any party that supports Trump as it has with many rank-and-file moderate Republicans?

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