NJ-2: Van Drew considering switching parties over impeachment

[LabourJersey]

I wouldn't assume that switching parties will save the seat for him. We aren't talking about a seat in Oklahoma or Kentucky here. He'll lose a lot of the Democratic votes he gets here and will have to rely on gaining Republican leaning ones to get him through. Not impossible, but it's not that easy either.

Well, it's not OK/KY, but it swung right about as hard as Ohio did in 2016 and Republicans picked up a bunch of overlapping and nearby state legislative seats this year.  I think this areas is pretty gone for Dems going forward.

No, at least not necessarily. There's a lot of moderates in the districts who voted for Democrats out of New Deal era ties, but it still voted for Obama twice and has Atlantic County in the district. The education attainment divide means that trends are going against the Democrats by this isn't a goner by any stretch of the imagination. A stronger candidate than Van Drew (an actually pro-choice, pro-SSM candidate with ties with Atlantic County) would be doing alright here.

[LabourJersey]

I feel bad for his staff... they came to DC to work for Democrats and their boss is pretty much forcing them out of a job.

I saw how much effort local democrats put in trying to get Van Drew elected in 2018. This whole situation is disgusting. Van Drew should have had a damned back bone and faced his fate. Instead, he's spitting into the faces of hundreds of local volunteers and campaign staff.

Agreed. He owes everything politically to the South Jersey democratic base, and he's pissed in their coffee and walked away. Completely betrayed the 53% of constituents who voted for him

[LabourJersey]

Isn't this something? The Democratic Party isn't going to even allow Van Drew to cast a token "No" vote on an impeachment effort which is ultimately doomed to failure in the Senate, and because of that, he's switching parties? A confused and disheartening situation on all sides. It is true that this district is rapidly trending Republican, Van Drew won by a much smaller margin than had initially been expected, and he succeeded a long-time Republican incumbent who held the seat for more than two decades. On the other hand, party-switchers do not have an unparalleled history of success, and often do so out of personal selfishness.

I'm not sure what to think about this, but what I do know is that this makes it likely Collin Peterson will be the only Democrat in the entire House of Representatives to vote no on the articles of impeachment. Even in 1998, something on the order of six Republicans voted against Bill Clinton's impeachment. Never have we seen an impeachment as partisan and polarized as this one.

Nobody is forcing Van Drew to stupidly switch parties. Thats his decision. Whatever happens to him from this point onward is his fault and his alone.

Aren't there rumors that Pelosi isn't even going to whip an impeachment vote? He absolutely could just vote No and remain a Democrat. He's just taking this bizarre way because he thinks the liberal media has been mean to him for his opposition to holding Trump accountable

[LabourJersey]

What a clown

https://twitter.com/JonathanTamari/status/1206003646359654400?s=20

Van Drew doesn't seem very bright, to put it nicely.

Wow; this is like breaking up with a girl, then expecting her parents to continue to invite you to their 4th of July cookout