I'm not one to say that politicians should never change their minds. Obviously someone to hidebound to admit they were wrong, or to absorb new information and make a new stance based it, is not fit to lead, but at the same time, there are certain things that should remain the same. I say this because I just read that a Republican state representative in Minnesota has announced that he is switching to the Democratic party. The change makes the Democrats the majority in the Minn. State House, whereas the GOP was in charge before. I'm sorry, but if I vote for a candidate who says he is a Republican, then I expect him to remain Republican for the duration of his term in office. If he wants to rerun as a Democrat in the next election, good for him, but if I vote for a Republican, he should stay that way for the remainder of the term or resign his office. This bait and switch crap is simply wrong.