If this makes a Senate majority more likely then I'll bite the bullet, but if he's gonna return to his old ways then just count him as a Republican.
His voting record can't be worse than Young's (or any other IN Republican), from the perspective of a Democratic/liberal voter. If he votes party line a decent bit, which is likely, then I don't see the issue here. He will support Democratic policies. I'll tell you what though, he will support more liberal policies than virtually all other Republicans will. That should be enough right now. Democrats need all the support they can get to weather the possible great storm of 2018.
I agree with Virginia. Even though he'll likely side with republicans on some hot button issues, the vast majority of what the Senate actually does are minor bills that are mostly voted along party lines. On those bills, he will probably support Dems over 90% of the time, just like other people like Jon Tester and Heidi Heitkamp. And of course it helps for trying to get and maintain a majority.
I don't like how he's doing this, but it's not like Indiana is the only state where voters don't get to decide on their nominees. We didn't even have a senate primary in NY for either party.
