Originally Posted by White[Pony]
So are you saying that all democrats and democratic senators should be mindless zombies doing whatever the party leaders say even if they and the voters disagree with it?
Who, me?
Each party essentially is a "brand" of politics, and by that I mean when you pick someone from one of the parties you get a list of issues which you know they're most likely going to vote a particular way on.
For example, Democrats are generally in favor of reproductive rights, civil liberties, social programs, higher taxes, etc. Republicans are in favor of Christianity, military spending, tax cuts, etc. When you pick someone who is a member of either of these parties, there is an expectation that for the most part they are going to stick to what the party sticks to.
That's the way a two party system works, and by the looks of it Senator Miller has far more on his plate which lines up with the Republican agenda than the Democratic one.